31 JULY 2009 -- BUCKEYE, AZ: Alex Flores (CQ) and his son Erasmo Flores (CQ) 12, from Laredo, TX, walk among the equipment before bidding at the auction on the former Pylman Dairy Farm in Buckeye. The auction was handled by Overland Stockyards from Hanford, CA. The Arizona dairy industry is struggling to survive the worst milk economy some have ever seen. Due to the global recession, overseas demand for Arizona dairy products has plummeted, forcing prices down while production costs have stayed stable or gone up. For every $1 dairymen earn from milk sales, it cost them $1.50 to produce the milk. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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