Minesota's rural legislators say federal regulations and low prices are forcing the state's small and medium-sized dairy farms out of business. Lawmakers met this afternoon (Fri) to discuss what many call a looming crisis in the state's dairy industry; Minnesota Public Radio's Martin Kaste reports: Dallas Sams, the chairman of the Senate Agriculature Committee, says things are bleak for the dairy farmers in his home district in central Minnesota. He says a sudden drop in milk prices last fall and a simultaneous rise in the price of feed has pushed many producers to the edge of bankruptcy: ((2/48:59 I've heard from a lot of auctioneers that they're getting a lot of calls, and the rumor is around from a lot of farmers that if the price doesn't increase immediately, that they're not going to be around ne