U.S. Ag secretary questions whether small dairy farms can survive without growing

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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue warned it will be "very difficult" for family dairy farms to stay in business unless they scale up in size.
Speaking after a town hall event with dairy stakeholders Monday at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, President Trump's ag secretary told reporters he doesn't think small businesses should "have a guaranteed income or guaranteed profitability."
"In Ameri...

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