PylmanBankruptcyAuction

31 JULY 2009 -- BUCKEYE, AZ: Jonathan Vanderham (CQ) LEFT, from Maricopa, his dad, Ron Vanderham (CQ) CTR from Visalia, CA, and brother, Zachary Vanderham (CQ) from Texas, look at 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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31 JULY 2009 -- BUCKEYE, AZ: Jonathan Vanderham (CQ) LEFT, from Maricopa, his dad, Ron Vanderham (CQ) CTR from Visalia, CA, and brother, Zachary Vanderham (CQ) from Texas, look at 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