#USDA, Dairy Industry Still Arguing Over Changes In Milk Pricing

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The push for change continues among dairymen wanting to do away with what they say is an «antiquated» milk-pricing system that has long limited their profits.
But disagreements within the industry continue to prevent what many say truly needs to be done; throwing out the existing four-class milk system.
Talks of a new pricing system have been under way for about five years or more, and this month, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, have stressed the need for the next farm bill to include a change in how prices are set.
According to a U.S. Department of Agriculture news release, Gillibrand and Collins have pieced together a bill that would require the USDA to conduct regional public hearings on restructuring the pricing system, and require the USDA to release a final proposal to Congress.
Through talks in the past, though, dairymen and milk processors haven’t been able to fully agree on a new price formula.
«I’m not too optimistic that we’re going to see the needed changes get done any time soon,» said Bill Wailes, a long-time dairyman and dairy specialist at Colorado State University. «These talks haven’t gained much traction.»
As drought impacts the industry, many dairymen are actually losing money with the system that’s in place, Wailes and others say.
 
Source: Huffington Post

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