Field Notes

Field Notes: Booming dairy industry leaves small farms behind


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This is the latest installment of Harvest Public Media’s Field Notes , in which we talk about important issues related to food production. The U.S. dairy industry is changing. Dairy farmers are exporting more milk; they’re getting bigger and more efficient. But as I found out reporting this story , that has left some dairy families behind. In traditional milk producing states like Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois and Nebraska, meeting the growing global demand is tough going for smaller dairy
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