Milk crisis: local dairy endeavors to survive pandemic
Debbie Snapp
ECB Publishing, Inc.
Douglas Walker and Ronnie Walker, Jefferson County dairy farmers, produce milk for the milk market in Florida, and they produce it by the gallons.
The milk produced on the Walker & Sons Farm is marketed and sold to big chain stores like Publix, Borden’s, Deans and Winn-Dixie. Any surplus milk is sent to plants to be processed into cheese and butter.
Even though social distancing is normal working conditions for dairy farmers, they have still felt