Dairy farms have expanded steadily since the 1970s and now compete for economic strength with beef cattle operations.

While the relentless decline in dairy farms is similar to other ag segments, there is something about the ongoing disappearance of small dairy farms that seems more poignant to many inside and ...

Yet even with fewer farms, Arizona remains a major dairy producer because "the smallest dairy in Arizona is large compared to those in the Midwest," Murphree said. "Our smallest dairy farm has ...