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Jim Costa: I mean, we could lose 20 or 25 percent of the dairy industry in California--I don't know what the estimates would be…

On the recordJuly 13, 2009
I mean, we could lose 20 or 25 percent of the dairy industry in California--I don't know what the estimates would be nationwide--if we are not able to respond in the short term and in the longer term, in my view.
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Jim Costa
Democratic · California

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Costa warns about potential losses in the dairy industry without timely action.

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