Ag secretary: No guarantee small dairy farms will survive
Story Date: 10/2/2019

 

Source: Todd Richmond, WRAL, 10/1/19

President Donald Trump's agriculture secretary said Tuesday during a stop in Wisconsin that he doesn't know if the family dairy farm can survive as the industry moves toward a factory farm model. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue told reporters following an appearance at the World Dairy Expo in Madison that it's getting harder for farmers to get by on milking smaller herds.

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