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Farm Family Warns: Immigration Policies Could Double Milk Prices

3/28/2026

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The O’Harrow family farm in Wisconsin relies on immigrant labor, with two Honduran workers and a Mexican worker starting at 5 a.m. to tend calves.
The Mexican worker, with 20 years of experience, trains the farm owner's grandson.
The family says immigrant workers are responsible for 79% of the U.S. milk supply, and fear from the Trump administration's immigration policies could reduce their presence and double milk prices.

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The O’Harrow family farm in Wisconsin relies on immigrant labor, with two Honduran workers and a Mexican worker starting at 5 a.m. to tend calves.
The Mexican worker, with 20 years of experience, trains the farm owner's grandson.
The family says immigrant workers are responsible for 79% of the U.S. milk supply, and fear from the Trump administration's immigration policies could reduce their presence and double milk prices.