[zyrthofar]

Honest question: why wouldn't they just get up earlier, instead of implementing a system that affects everyone?

[frostmatthew]

DST is what makes them have to get up earlier. Dairy farmers (or any other kind of farmer) are/were generally against DST, despite the common myth it was created for them[1].

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-day...