Dairies in distress: Florida dairy farmers lobby for pandemic relief

‘This is a business where if you are not making more product, increasing production, your days are numbered,’ says one farmer.

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Courtesy. Jerry Dakin was recently named Florida Farm Bureau's 2022 Florida Farmer of the Year.
Courtesy. Jerry Dakin was recently named Florida Farm Bureau's 2022 Florida Farmer of the Year.
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They come to Dakin Dairy in Myakka City three days a week to tour the stall barns, see cows milked, learn how milk is pasteurized in the bottling plant, make their own butter and sample cheeses, ice cream and chocolate milk made on site.

 

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