has released its 2006 Life Satisfaction and Dairy Farming survey, which finds that life satisfaction is a key determinant in sticking with a career in dairying.  This survey may be of some benefit to Southeastern United States in examining a life and career in dairy production.

Results of the survey include:

• The level of life satisfation varied by dairy farm.
• Farmers using different dairy farm systems evaluated life satisfaction differently.
• Men and women on dairy farms used different criteria for evaluating life satisfaction.
• Differences in life satisfaction between dairy farms were not just a matter of money.

For a direct link to the survey, click here