U.S. Agriculture Secretary: Family farms might not survive

U.S. Agriculture Secretary: Family farms might not survive

The Trump administration’s message to small farmers: Go big or go home.

Sonny Perdue, 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.

"In America, the big get bigger and the small go out," Perdue said after an appearance at the World Dairy Expo in Madison. "I don’t think in America we, for any small business, we have a guaranteed income or guaranteed profitability."Perdue’s visit comes as Wisconsin dairy farmers are wrestling with a host of problems, including […]

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