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Amid this backdrop u.s. agriculture secretary sonny purdue sparked outrage this fall when he suggested it was up to small farms to grow or struggle to survivor. in an audio recorded interview perdue told an agriculture reporter. >> in america, the big get bigger and the small go out. it's very difficult. >> do you think he understands the dairy industry? >> maybe. not -- he is not here. he's a little removed, i think, from the dairy industry. getting bigger is not always better. you can invest, you can borrow, but you still have got to have the income on the other end to bring it back in and i...