Source: MORNING AG CLIPS, 4/10/18

Just off Cook Road east of Interstate 5 sits an unused 80-acre plot of land with the outline of a 49,000-square-foot building drawn in gravel. The plot was meant to become a state-of-the-art expansion for the Dykstra organic dairy farm, complete with an automated milking system. “Now it’s a big, expensive parking lot,” said third-generation dairy farmer Charlie Dykstra.
The construction was put on hold indefinitely after the price of organic milk tanked during the past year and a half, Dykstra said.

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