Gallery: When Corn Costs Soar, Let Cows Eat Cake

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    A cow at Crystal Valley Dairy Farms in northern Indiana slurps feed with sprinkles on top. *Photo: Paul Octavious*
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    Framer Mike Yoder sits over the batch of colorful sprinkles that he will mix in with the cows' feed. *Photo: Paul Octavious*
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    *Photo: Paul Octavious*
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    *Photo: Paul Octavious*
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    *Photo: Paul Octavious*
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    Sprinkles come delivered to the farm by the barrel in a variety of shapes and colors. *Photo: Paul Octavious*
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    A variety of sprinkles collected from the sprinkle stables. *Photo: Paul Octavious*
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    Farmer Mike Yoder at Crystal Valley Dairy Farms. *Photo: Paul Octavious*
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    A Bobcat hauls a load of mixed sprinkles from the stables and dumps them into a mixer. After the sprinkles mix in with the hay, the same machines dispenses the feed to the cows. *Photo: Paul Octavious*
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