More than a dozen states across the country want what California has got – milk. That is why those states – including Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, New Mexico, Arizona, Montana, Nevada, Texas, South Dakota, Missouri, South Carolina, and Wyoming – are actively recruiting California dairies to move to their respective states.They fill gatherings such as the World Ag Expo in Tulare with booths manned by recruiters who encourage California dairy farmers to leave the state for better business climes. “Other states have been doing this for quite a few years and every year there are 10 to 12 states at the Tulare Ag Expo encouraging our dairies to move,” said Michael Marsh, chief executive officer of Western United Dairymen, which represents more than 60 percent of California’s dairy producers. “They want what big dairy operations bring to their economies and their inducement is: ‘We’re business friendly, so come here.’” (more) May 31, 2012 Central valley Business Journal