Prices not hurting Oklahoma dairy farms

 
BY DEBBIE BLOSSOM
Published: February 18, 2009

A decline in milk prices has pressured some U.S. dairy farmers to sell their cows for slaughter because they can’t afford to feed them.

But that trend is not in Oklahoma , some industry operators said Tuesday.

"Around here it is really not a big issue,” said Bill Barnhart at OKC West Stockyards in El Reno . There used to be plenty of dairy farms in this part of the world, Barnhart said, "...


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