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Dairy Farmers' Revolt: No Tears Over This Spilled Milk

By Dave ThierJul 1st 2010 – 8:36PM

(July 1) -- Here's something to think about as you pour that pure white liquid over your morning cereal: America's milk supply is in crisis. Dairy farmers across the nation are struggling with prices too low to cover their production costs, raising worries that if action isn't taken, thousands of them could go out of...

Bankruptcy, Scandal Have California Town Reeling

By Richard C. PaddockNov 18th 2009 – 12:20PM

SAN FRANCISCO (Nov. 18) -- Farmers in the Eel River Valley dairy lands of Northern California looked up to Rich Ghilarducci. He ran the Humboldt Creamery, a thriving cooperative that increasingly pushed organic products. The former mayor of the town of Rio Dell made major contributions to local charities and headed the...

DairyFarmers News From the Web

  • 10/06/11 Milk war 'sending farmers broke' Source: The Daily Telegraph - Australia Supermarket chain Coles dropped the price of its homebrand milk by up to 33 per cent, to $1 a litre, on Australia Day. Woolworths and Aldi quickly followed.
  • 09/14/11 New era for United Dairyfarmers Source: Weekly Times - Australia ENGAGING with grassroots members will be the top priority for new United Dairyfarmers' of Victoria president Kerry Callow.
  • 09/13/11 Dairy farmers confront Coles executive Source: The Australian Financial Review - Melbourne AU prices one dama Organisation dropped Angry Dairyfarmers Queensland ©afr.com ©afr.com said dairy farmers ©afr.com ©afr.com have ©afr.com confronted ©afr.com is a Coles executive over made farmers fears ©afr.com their ©afr.com businesses will collapse ©afr.com because of ©afr.com the milk price customers war started ©afr.com by ©afr.com the the supermarket ©afr.com giant.
  • 07/04/11 Dairy-farm compliance improving Source: New Zealand City collaboratively since then to improve the rate of compliance.
  • 06/12/11 June is National Dairy Month Source: Press Republican - Plattsburgh NY Each year, we celebrate Dairy Month to honor America's dairy-farm families and the wholesome, nutritious milk they produce.

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