'Deep Trouble' For Arizona Dairy Industry As Demand For Milk Drops 50%

Mark Killian with Arizona's Agriculture Department said it's the same here in Arizona where demand for milk has dropped 50% since the shutdown.

"We have dairymen in this state that are in deep trouble. I mean real trouble," Killian said.

And, Arizona's farmers tending to crops, he added, "are growing produce that they've had to just let sit in the field. It has impacted us."

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