Dairy Farmers Hit Harder By Recession

Dairy Farmers Hit Harder By Recession
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Farmers are especially susceptible to dips in the economy, and this recession has been particularly bad for the dairy industry. We hear from John Stulp, Colorado’s commissioner of agriculture, about his state’s dairies. And host Liane Hansen speaks to Jim Docheff, a fourth-generation dairy farmer who declared bankruptcy last spring.