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  • 31 JULY 2009 --  BUCKEYE, AZ: Daniel Lopez (CQ) FOREGROUND and Juan Jose Aguilera (CQ) employees at Pylman Dairy, take apart the milking machines in the milking barn before 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: A Holstein dairy cow waits to be auctioned off 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: Daniel Lopez (CQ) FOREGROUND and Juan Jose Aguilera (CQ) employees at Pylman Dairy, take apart the milking machines in the milking barn before 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 --  GLENDALE, AZ: Javier Sanchez (CQ) milks some of the 1800 Jerseys on the Rovey Dairy in Glendale. 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: Tony Martin (wearing hat) (CQ) from Lemoore, CA, and Joe Martin (CQ) (NO RELATION) from Hanford, CA, walk through the corrals and check out the livestock 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: 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 --  GLENDALE, AZ: Javier Sanchez (CQ) milks some of the 1800 Jerseys on the Rovey Dairy in Glendale. 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 --  GLENDALE, AZ: Cristobal Alejandro Navarette (CQ) milks some of the 1800 Jerseys on the Rovey Dairy in Glendale. 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: Donny Howe (CQ) from MO, shows his buyer's number (65) after placing a winning bid 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: Cutter Boyle (CQ) 6, yawns while he and his great uncle Bill Boyle (CQ) from Casa Grande, watch the 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: Bidders 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: Bidders 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: Bidders 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: Auctioneer Peter Belezzuoli (CQ) from Overland Stockyards in Hanford, CA, works 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: Auctioneer Peter Belezzuoli (CQ) from Overland Stockyards in Hanford, CA, works 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: Auctioneer Peter Belezzuoli (CQ) from Overland Stockyards in Hanford, CA, works 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: Keith Boyle (CQ) from Casa Grande, checks out the equipment 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: Alex Flores (CQ) and his son Erasmo Flores (CQ) 12, from Laredo, TX, 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
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  • 31 JULY 2009 --  BUCKEYE, AZ: Bidders look at equipment for sale 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: Cows wait to be auctioned off 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: Cows used to wait in this pen before being milked 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: Hoses from the milking machine on the floor in the milking barn 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: An unused milking machine in a the milking barn 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: Tony Martin (wearing hat) (CQ) from Lemoore, CA, and Joe Martin (CQ) (NO RELATION) from Hanford, CA, walk through the corrals and check out the livestock 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 --  GLENDALE, AZ: Javier Sanchez (CQ) milks some of the 1800 Jerseys on the Rovey Dairy in Glendale. 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: Auctioneer Peter Belezzuoli (CQ) from Overland Stockyards in Hanford, CA, works 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: Auctioneer Peter Belezzuoli (CQ) from Overland Stockyards in Hanford, CA, works 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: Auctioneer Peter Belezzuoli (CQ) from Overland Stockyards in Hanford, CA, works 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: Bidders 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: Keith Boyle (CQ) from Casa Grande, checks out the equipment 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: Erasmo Flores, 12, from Laredo, TX, starts a tractor to check the hours on it 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: Alex Flores (CQ) and his son Erasmo Flores (CQ) 12, from Laredo, TX, 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: Zachary Vanderham (CQ) from Texas, climbs out of a loader 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: Auction catalogs wait to be picked by bidders 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: Tony Martin (wearing hat) (CQ) from Lemoore, CA, and Joe Martin (CQ) (NO RELATION) from Hanford, CA, walk through the corrals and check out the livestock 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: Joe Martin (CQ) from Hanford, CA, looks at livestock 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: Tony Martin (CQ) from Lemoore, CA, walks through and checks out the livestock 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: 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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  • 31 JULY 2009 --  BUCKEYE, AZ: Alex Flores, (CQ) from Laredo, TX, looks 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: A milking barn 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: Tony Martin (wearing hat) (CQ) from Lemoore, CA, and Joe Martin (CQ) (NO RELATION) from Hanford, CA, walk through the corrals and check out the livestock 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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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: DAVID HEININGER and his wife, KATHRYN HEININGER, walk their dairy goats through the pastures on Black Mesa Ranch, their 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. Their dairy goats are raised by hand and the Heiningers walk them out to the pastures every day. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: DAVID HEININGER and his wife, KATHRYN HEININGER, walk their dairy goats through the pastures on Black Mesa Ranch, their 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. Their dairy goats are raised by hand and the Heiningers walk them out to the pastures every day. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: DAVID HEININGER and his wife, KATHRYN HEININGER, walk their dairy goats through the pastures on Black Mesa Ranch, their 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. Their dairy goats are raised by hand and the Heiningers walk them out to the pastures every day. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: DAVID HEININGER and his wife, KATHRYN HEININGER, walk their dairy goats through the pastures on Black Mesa Ranch, their 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. Their dairy goats are raised by hand and the Heiningers walk them out to the pastures every day. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: Nubian dairy goats graze in a pasture on the Black Mesa Ranch, a 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: Nubian dairy goats graze in a pasture on the Black Mesa Ranch, a 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: DAVID HEININGER gets one of his Nubian dairy goats from the barn before milking her at the Black Mesa Ranch, a 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: DAVID HEININGER gives a snack to one of his Nubian dairy goats while milking her at the Black Mesa Ranch, a 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: A Nubian dairy goat eats while being milked at the Black Mesa Ranch, a 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: DAVID HEININGER, puts a milking machine onto the Nubian dairy goats at the Black Mesa Ranch, a 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: Nubian Dairy goats on the Black Mesa Ranch, a 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: Nubian dairy goats wait to get into the milking parlor on the Black Mesa Ranch near Snowflake, AZ. Black Mesa Ranch is a 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: Nubian dairy goats in the ranch all terrain vehicle on the Black Mesa Ranch, a 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: Nubian dairy goats graze in a pasture on the Black Mesa Ranch, a 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: DAVID HEININGER, co-owner of the Black Mesa Ranch, brings some of the Nubian dairy goats into the milking parlor at the ranch. Black Mesa Ranch is a 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: KATHRYN HEININGER, co-owner of the Black Mesa Ranch, checks on some of her Nubian Dairy goats on the porch of the milking parlor on the Black Mesa Ranch, a 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: DAVID HEININGER feeds whey to pigs on the Black Mesa Ranch, a 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. The ranch keeps the pigs to dispose of the whey. The pigs are later sold for slaughter. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: A baby goat drinks the whey from the cheese kitchen on the Black Mesa Ranch, a 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. Most of the whey is fed to the ranch pigs, which are sold for slaughter, but the baby goats drink it whenever they can. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: DAVID HEININGER talks to one of his kids (baby goat) on the Black Mesa Ranch, a 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: DAVID HEININGER separates curds (milk solids) out of the whey while feta cheese at Black Mesa Ranch, a 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: DAVID HEININGER and his wife KATHRYN HEININGER look after their goats in the barn on the Black Mesa Ranch, a 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: Kids (baby goats) eat of their trough in the goat barn on the Black Mesa Ranch, a 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: DAVID HEININGER adds rennet to his goat milk to start the cheese making process at Black Mesa Ranch. Rennet replaces some of the proteins that are destroyed when the milk is pasteurized. Black Mesa Ranch is a 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: Some of the artisan cheeses made at Black Mesa Ranch near Snowflake, AZ. From left to right, a chipotle cheese log, a jalapeno cheese log and a plain cheese log. Black Mesa Ranch is a 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: Some of the artisan cheeses made at Black Mesa Ranch near Snowflake, AZ. From left to right, a chipotle cheese log, a jalapeno cheese log and a plain cheese log. Black Mesa Ranch is a 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: Freshly made cheese hangs in cheese cloth at Black Mesa Ranch, a 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: DAVID HEININGER pours freshly collected milk into a filter before pasteurizing it at Black Mesa Ranch, a 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: The Heiningers keep a log of their goats' milk production on the Black Mesa Ranch, a 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: DAVID HEININGER, feeds animal crackers to one of his goats after milking it at Black Mesa Ranch, a 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: KATHRYN HEININGER takes a sample of milk from one of her goat's teats in the milking parlor on the Black Mesa Ranch, a 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: KATHRYN HEININGER keeps track of her goats' milk production on the Black Mesa Ranch, a 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: DAVID HEININGER and his wife, KATHRY HEININGER on the front steps of their cheese kitchen on the Black Mesa Ranch, their 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. They run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: KATHRYN HEININGER and her husband, DAVID HEININGER, make feta cheese in their kitchen at the Black Mesa Ranch, a 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: DAVID HEININGER pours freshly collected milk into a pasteurizing machine at the Black Mesa Ranch, a 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: DAVID HEININGER and his wife, KATHRYN HEININGER, in the milking parlor of Black Mesa Ranch, a 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: The "Chupacabra" goat milking machine at the Black Mesa Ranch near Snowflake, AZ. Chupacabra is the mythical Mexican goat killing beast, literally translated from Spanish it means "goat sucker." Black Mesa Ranch is a 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated  historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 AUGUST 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Emily Manweiler, 15, from Sumner, Iowa, rests with her Jersey cows in the dairy barn on the first day of the Iowa State Fair. The Iowa State Fair is one of the largest state fairs in the U.S. More than one million people usually visit the fair during its ten day run. The 2019 fair run from August 8 to 18.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 AUGUST 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Emily Manweiler, 15, from Sumner, Iowa, rests with her Jersey cows in the dairy barn on the first day of the Iowa State Fair. The Iowa State Fair is one of the largest state fairs in the U.S. More than one million people usually visit the fair during its ten day run. The 2019 fair run from August 8 to 18.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 AUGUST 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: A man photographs his daughter trying to milk a cow at the "I Milked a Cow" (IMAC) display at the Iowa State Fair. The Iowa State Fair is one of the largest state fairs in the U.S. More than one million people usually visit the fair during its ten day run. The 2019 fair run from August 8 to 18.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2017 - BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL: Making yogurt in a home workshop in Bhaktapur, Nepal. Yogurt made in Bhaktapur is considered the finest yogurt in Nepal.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2017 - BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL: Making yogurt in a home workshop in Bhaktapur, Nepal. Yogurt made in Bhaktapur is considered the finest yogurt in Nepal.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 OCTOBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Buddhist novice monks at Wat Yannawa (also spelled Yan Nawa) during the Vegetarian Festival in Bangkok. The Vegetarian Festival is celebrated throughout Thailand. It is the Thai version of the The Nine Emperor Gods Festival, a nine-day Taoist celebration beginning on the eve of 9th lunar month of the Chinese calendar. During a period of nine days, those who are participating in the festival dress all in white and abstain from eating meat, poultry, seafood, and dairy products. Vendors and proprietors of restaurants indicate that vegetarian food is for sale by putting a yellow flag out with Thai characters for meatless written on it in red.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 SEPTEMBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People make donations to Chinese Dragon dancers performing on Yaowarat Road in Bangkok's Chinatown during the Vegetarian Festival Parade. The Vegetarian Festival is celebrated throughout Thailand. It is the Thai version of the The Nine Emperor Gods Festival, a nine-day Taoist celebration beginning on the eve of 9th lunar month of the Chinese calendar. During a period of nine days, those who are participating in the festival dress all in white and abstain from eating meat, poultry, seafood, and dairy products. Vendors and proprietors of restaurants indicate that vegetarian food is for sale by putting a yellow flag out with Thai characters for meatless written on it in red.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 SEPTEMBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A dancer dressed as a tiger in the Vegetarian Festival Parade in Bangkok. Tigers play an important role in Taoist alchemy. Characters representing Taoist Gods lead the Vegetarian Festival Parade in Bangkok. The Vegetarian Festival is celebrated throughout Thailand. It is the Thai version of the The Nine Emperor Gods Festival, a nine-day Taoist celebration beginning on the eve of 9th lunar month of the Chinese calendar. During a period of nine days, those who are participating in the festival dress all in white and abstain from eating meat, poultry, seafood, and dairy products. Vendors and proprietors of restaurants indicate that vegetarian food is for sale by putting a yellow flag out with Thai characters for meatless written on it in red.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 OCTOBER 2012 - HAT YAI, SONGKHLA, THAILAND: Peole participate in a candle light procession on the last day of the Vegetarian Festival at Wat Ta Won Vararum, a Chinese Buddhist temple in Hat Yai. The Vegetarian Festival is celebrated in Thai-Chinese communities throughout Thailand. It is the Thai Buddhist version of the The Nine Emperor Gods Festival, a nine-day Taoist celebration celebrated in the 9th lunar month of the Chinese calendar. For nine days, those who are participating in the festival dress all in white and abstain from eating meat, poultry, seafood, and dairy products. Vendors and proprietors of restaurants indicate that vegetarian food is for sale at their establishments by putting a yellow flag out with Thai characters for meatless written on it in red.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Flower garlands and donations in Wat Mangkon Kamalawat, one of the largest Chinese shrines in Thailand, during the celebration of the Vegetarian Festival. The Vegetarian Festival is celebrated throughout Thailand. It is the Thai version of the The Nine Emperor Gods Festival, a nine-day Taoist celebration celebrated in the 9th lunar month of the Chinese calendar. For nine days, those who are participating in the festival dress all in white and abstain from eating meat, poultry, seafood, and dairy products. Vendors and proprietors of restaurants indicate that vegetarian food is for sale at their establishments by putting a yellow flag out with Thai characters for meatless written on it in red.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    Women in white, signifying that they have pledged to not eat meat for the Vegetarian Festival process through Bangkok on the first day of the Vegetarian Festival. The Vegetarian Festival is celebrated throughout Thailand. It is the Thai version of the The Nine Emperor Gods Festival, a nine-day Taoist celebration beginning on the eve of 9th lunar month of the Chinese calendar. During a period of nine days, those who are participating in the festival dress all in white and abstain from eating meat, poultry, seafood, and dairy products. Vendors and proprietors of restaurants indicate that vegetarian food is for sale by putting a yellow flag out with Thai characters for meatless written on it in red.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 OCTOBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man runs through the fire pit during the firewalking ceremony at Wat Yannawa (also spelled Yan Nawa) during the Vegetarian Festival in Bangkok. The Vegetarian Festival is celebrated throughout Thailand. It is the Thai version of the The Nine Emperor Gods Festival, a nine-day Taoist celebration beginning on the eve of 9th lunar month of the Chinese calendar. During a period of nine days, those who are participating in the festival dress all in white and abstain from eating meat, poultry, seafood, and dairy products. Vendors and proprietors of restaurants indicate that vegetarian food is for sale by putting a yellow flag out with Thai characters for meatless written on it in red.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 OCTOBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man runs through the fire pit during the firewalking ceremony at Wat Yannawa (also spelled Yan Nawa) during the Vegetarian Festival in Bangkok. The Vegetarian Festival is celebrated throughout Thailand. It is the Thai version of the The Nine Emperor Gods Festival, a nine-day Taoist celebration beginning on the eve of 9th lunar month of the Chinese calendar. During a period of nine days, those who are participating in the festival dress all in white and abstain from eating meat, poultry, seafood, and dairy products. Vendors and proprietors of restaurants indicate that vegetarian food is for sale by putting a yellow flag out with Thai characters for meatless written on it in red.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 OCTOBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man runs through the fire pit during the firewalking ceremony at Wat Yannawa (also spelled Yan Nawa) during the Vegetarian Festival in Bangkok. The Vegetarian Festival is celebrated throughout Thailand. It is the Thai version of the The Nine Emperor Gods Festival, a nine-day Taoist celebration beginning on the eve of 9th lunar month of the Chinese calendar. During a period of nine days, those who are participating in the festival dress all in white and abstain from eating meat, poultry, seafood, and dairy products. Vendors and proprietors of restaurants indicate that vegetarian food is for sale by putting a yellow flag out with Thai characters for meatless written on it in red.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 OCTOBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man carries a religious statue while he runs through the fire pit during the firewalking ceremony at Wat Yannawa (also spelled Yan Nawa) during the Vegetarian Festival in Bangkok. The Vegetarian Festival is celebrated throughout Thailand. It is the Thai version of the The Nine Emperor Gods Festival, a nine-day Taoist celebration beginning on the eve of 9th lunar month of the Chinese calendar. During a period of nine days, those who are participating in the festival dress all in white and abstain from eating meat, poultry, seafood, and dairy products. Vendors and proprietors of restaurants indicate that vegetarian food is for sale by putting a yellow flag out with Thai characters for meatless written on it in red.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 OCTOBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man carries a religious statue while he runs through the fire pit during the firewalking ceremony at Wat Yannawa (also spelled Yan Nawa) during the Vegetarian Festival in Bangkok. The Vegetarian Festival is celebrated throughout Thailand. It is the Thai version of the The Nine Emperor Gods Festival, a nine-day Taoist celebration beginning on the eve of 9th lunar month of the Chinese calendar. During a period of nine days, those who are participating in the festival dress all in white and abstain from eating meat, poultry, seafood, and dairy products. Vendors and proprietors of restaurants indicate that vegetarian food is for sale by putting a yellow flag out with Thai characters for meatless written on it in red.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 OCTOBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man runs through the fire pit during the firewalking ceremony at Wat Yannawa (also spelled Yan Nawa) during the Vegetarian Festival in Bangkok. The Vegetarian Festival is celebrated throughout Thailand. It is the Thai version of the The Nine Emperor Gods Festival, a nine-day Taoist celebration beginning on the eve of 9th lunar month of the Chinese calendar. During a period of nine days, those who are participating in the festival dress all in white and abstain from eating meat, poultry, seafood, and dairy products. Vendors and proprietors of restaurants indicate that vegetarian food is for sale by putting a yellow flag out with Thai characters for meatless written on it in red.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 OCTOBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A firewalker goes into a trance before running through the fire pit at Wat Yannawa (also spelled Yan Nawa) during the Vegetarian Festival in Bangkok. The Vegetarian Festival is celebrated throughout Thailand. It is the Thai version of the The Nine Emperor Gods Festival, a nine-day Taoist celebration beginning on the eve of 9th lunar month of the Chinese calendar. During a period of nine days, those who are participating in the festival dress all in white and abstain from eating meat, poultry, seafood, and dairy products. Vendors and proprietors of restaurants indicate that vegetarian food is for sale by putting a yellow flag out with Thai characters for meatless written on it in red.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 OCTOBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man carries a religious statue while he runs through the fire pit during the firewalking ceremony at Wat Yannawa (also spelled Yan Nawa) during the Vegetarian Festival in Bangkok. The Vegetarian Festival is celebrated throughout Thailand. It is the Thai version of the The Nine Emperor Gods Festival, a nine-day Taoist celebration beginning on the eve of 9th lunar month of the Chinese calendar. During a period of nine days, those who are participating in the festival dress all in white and abstain from eating meat, poultry, seafood, and dairy products. Vendors and proprietors of restaurants indicate that vegetarian food is for sale by putting a yellow flag out with Thai characters for meatless written on it in red.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    FirewalkersVegetarianFestival031.jpg
  • 01 OCTOBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man runs through the fire pit during the firewalking ceremony at Wat Yannawa (also spelled Yan Nawa) during the Vegetarian Festival in Bangkok. The Vegetarian Festival is celebrated throughout Thailand. It is the Thai version of the The Nine Emperor Gods Festival, a nine-day Taoist celebration beginning on the eve of 9th lunar month of the Chinese calendar. During a period of nine days, those who are participating in the festival dress all in white and abstain from eating meat, poultry, seafood, and dairy products. Vendors and proprietors of restaurants indicate that vegetarian food is for sale by putting a yellow flag out with Thai characters for meatless written on it in red.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    FirewalkersVegetarianFestival030.jpg
  • 01 OCTOBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man runs through the fire pit during the firewalking ceremony at Wat Yannawa (also spelled Yan Nawa) during the Vegetarian Festival in Bangkok. The Vegetarian Festival is celebrated throughout Thailand. It is the Thai version of the The Nine Emperor Gods Festival, a nine-day Taoist celebration beginning on the eve of 9th lunar month of the Chinese calendar. During a period of nine days, those who are participating in the festival dress all in white and abstain from eating meat, poultry, seafood, and dairy products. Vendors and proprietors of restaurants indicate that vegetarian food is for sale by putting a yellow flag out with Thai characters for meatless written on it in red.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    FirewalkersVegetarianFestival029.jpg
  • 01 OCTOBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man runs through the fire pit during the firewalking ceremony at Wat Yannawa (also spelled Yan Nawa) during the Vegetarian Festival in Bangkok. The Vegetarian Festival is celebrated throughout Thailand. It is the Thai version of the The Nine Emperor Gods Festival, a nine-day Taoist celebration beginning on the eve of 9th lunar month of the Chinese calendar. During a period of nine days, those who are participating in the festival dress all in white and abstain from eating meat, poultry, seafood, and dairy products. Vendors and proprietors of restaurants indicate that vegetarian food is for sale by putting a yellow flag out with Thai characters for meatless written on it in red.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    FirewalkersVegetarianFestival028.jpg
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