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Robert Torricelli: “40 percent of the dairy farms in New Jersey in the last 10 years have been lost. I am not certain any will survive the…”

On the recordJuly 31, 2001
40 percent of the dairy farms in New Jersey in the last 10 years have been lost. I am not certain any will survive the next 10 years if there is not a dairy compact.
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Robert Torricelli
New Jersey

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Discussing the decline of dairy farms in New Jersey.

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