PBS NewsHour

Wisconsin dairy farmers are struggling to stay afloat

Clip: 07/14/2019 | 10m 38s | Video has closed captioning.

As Americans consume less milk and turmoil in international markets challenges the country's dairy industry, many dairy farmers are struggling to stay afloat. In 2018, more than 2,700 dairy farms in the U.S. went out of business, with nearly a third of those closures taking place in Wisconsin, long known as "America's Dairyland." NewsHour Weekend's Hari Sreenivasan reports.