# Immigrants are holding up the Kansas dairy industry

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Podcast: [Kansas City Today](https://stenobird.com/podcast/kansas-city-today-4474135)
Published: 2026-08-27T09:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.kcur.org/podcast/kansas-city-today/2026-08-27/immigrants-are-holding-up-the-kansas-dairy-industry
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## Resource

There’s a chance your next bowl of cereal or protein shake will include milk that came from Kansas. Dairy production in the state has quadrupled over the last couple decades, and that growth rests on the shoulders of immigrant workers in rural Kansas.

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