Farmer kills 51 dairy cows then himself

• Chesapeake

  

  There was milk everywhere!
  
  Hope it wasn't Snot Bubbles melting down over his cows cheating on him.
  
  http://www.sphere.com/nation/article/new-york-dairy-farmer-dean-pierson-kills-51-cows-commits-suicide/19328726
• UA5straightin2008

  

  Chesapeake wrote: There was milk everywhere!
  

  lol
• Upper90

  "State police would only say that Pierson was having personal issues."
  
  Well, no shit.
• LJ

  

  Those crazy ass Piersons
• Darkon

  

  ccrunner609 wrote: Police call it a mooder.

  That is lame.
  But I did LOL!
• Gobuckeyes1

  I'm actually surprised that things like this don't happen more often.
  
  Dairy farming is very stressful, and things aren't good right now economically in the dairy industry. Ssounds like the guy just snapped.
• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  Gobuckeyes1 wrote: I'm actually surprised that things like this don't happen more often.
  
  Dairy farming is very stressful, and things aren't good right now economically in the dairy industry. Ssounds like the guy just snapped.

  I thought this was extremely strange and then I read ur post and u say ur surprised it doesn't happen more often lol
• Gobuckeyes1

  ZWICK 4 PREZ wrote:

  Gobuckeyes1 wrote: I'm actually surprised that things like this don't happen more often.
  
  Dairy farming is very stressful, and things aren't good right now economically in the dairy industry. Ssounds like the guy just snapped.

  I thought this was extremely strange and then I read ur post and u say ur surprised it doesn't happen more often lol

  I grew up on a dairy farm and spent most of my formative years around different aspects of the dairy industry. Price volatility of milk and the commodities needed to produce it, along with the insane hours that they work makes dairy farming quite a roller coaster ride. You could do everything perfectly and still end up losing it all. It takes a toll on farmers long term. Many of the dairy farmers I knew growing up were alcoholics...I would assume it was a way to cope with the stress of the job.
  
  It's hard to understand unless you are a part of it.
• mexappeal12

  

  what a waste of all those cows
• darbypitcher22

  

  Tough time to be a farmer...
  
  On the other hand somebody go collect the meat. There's burgers and stuff to be made
• mexappeal12

  

  ^^^ they buried the cows... i need to know if they were used or not.
• darbypitcher22

  

  gayyyyyy
• mexappeal12

  

  definitely not gay... they never would waste that much meat
• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  I didn't think you used dairy cows for meat.
• mexappeal12

  

  you don't it was a joke
• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  ah.. gotcha
• Gobuckeyes1

  Actually, if you eat fast food burger, you are likely eating old dairy cow. Once dairy cows become less productive later in life they are often "culled". Most cull cows end up in low quality meat products. Think cheap ground beef.
• mexappeal12

  

  ^^^ hmmm interesting
• darbypitcher22

  

  and that cheap ground beef is fed by corn
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Darkon wrote:

  ccrunner609 wrote: Police call it a mooder.

  That is lame.
  But I did LOL!

  I'll second this. Very lame and childish joke, but I laughed my ass off.
• THE4RINGZ

  

  Very sad that the average dairy farmer these days cannot make a living when I just paid $3.49 for a gallon of milk.
• David St. Hubbins

  

  ^^^ My family has a dairy farm, so I know a good bit about this. There is a considerable difference between what we are paid for the milk by the company that buys it and what it is sold for at the store. The companies that pasteurizes the milk is making the vast majority of what you pay for it, not the farmer. Milk prices are currently extremely low - however, that often doesn't seem to be reflected in the store price.
• berry

  The costs of care, feed, rumen, board are high. And pulling on 306 tits every morning for years will depress the stongest of men.
• Foul Tip

  He was a udder failure.
• mallymal614

  Nothing surprises me on this earth anymore.