I mean, the costs they are receiving for their milk at $9 to $10 per hundredweight and their input costs are $17 per hundredweight, you can't stay in a business like that very long.
Jim Costa: “I mean, the costs they are receiving for their milk at $9 to $10 per hundredweight and their input costs are $17 per…”
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Costa discusses the unsustainable financial situation faced by dairy farmers due to high input costs.
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