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Podcast: MID-WEST FARM REPORT - MADISON
Episode: No Pretending. Things Are Tough For Wisconsin Dairy Operators - Ben Miller
Description: Nobody in Wisconsin's dairy community can deny - it is tough right now. Milk prices are low, margins are tight, and there’s a lot of frustration out there. How does Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin view the year farmers just lived through? That's where the conversation starts with Pam Jahnke and Ben Miller, Vice President of Industry Relations who's recently been named Chief Operating Officer at DFW. Bills don't wait, costs stay high, and the pressures never seem to end. That reality deserves to be acknowledged first, because no amount of talking around it changes what farmers are...