COLUMBIA — Dairy farms across the country are struggling to keep up with falling milk prices and rising costs of production. The turbulent nature of this industry has almost become an accepted norm: Farmers enjoying a period of expansion, keeping up with a global demand for milk, followed by an abrupt interval of stagnation where they try to shrink down to offset a surplus of milk.
Today's Question: What can be done to save the dairy industry?
Friday, August 14, 2009 | 3:40 p.m. CDT
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