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ENCOURAGE INDUSTRY: The Indiana State Department of Agriculture recently launched an updated strategic plan to encourage growth of the dairy industry in Indiana. Dairy producers and group leaders hail it as another step forward.
Brian Rexing of Fort Branch is proud to represent dairy farmers on the board of the co-op where he sells his milk, and to represent dairy farmers in general. “As dairy farmers, we touch consumers three times each day,” he says. “We’re there when they pour milk on their cereal in the morning, when they slap a piece of cheese on their hamburger at lunch and when they use butter on their baked potato in the evening. Sometimes, we’re there again when they eat a bowl of ice cream before going to bed at night.”
“Indiana is open for dairy business!”
Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch said that on Wednesday after she and the Indiana State Department of Agriculture unveiled the new Indiana Dairy Strategy 2.0, an update to the one created in 2015.
“Because we have a great state, a great foundation, you know we are one of the best states in the Midwest for our business environment, fifth best in the nation. We have a great foundation, and we want people to build on that and to know that they can come and they can expand and grow dairy here in the state of Indiana.”
ISDA Director Bruce Kettler says the strategy is needed because Indiana produces a net surplus of 3.5 million pounds of milk each day.
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