Dairy farmer suggests alternative to Argentine beef imports

A dairy farmer is opposed to importing beef from Argentina.  Mike Yager farms near Mineral Point in southwestern Wisconsin.  He tells Brownfield there’s a way to increase beef supplies while helping to solve another problem. “I think that maybe we need to encourage sales of dairy cows, strictly going to slaughter. That will put beef […]

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