Source: CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 11/21/19

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue appeared to be delivering hard truth to the heartland last month when he said he wasn't sure family dairies would survive. Consolidation has been the driving force in agriculture for decades, and Perdue's comments reflect that reality. "In America, the big get bigger and the small go out," Perdue said at a dairy exposition in Wisconsin.

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