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Article: Nation's Dairy Farmers to Decide on Voluntary Reduction of Milk Supply.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- June 30, 2003
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By Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jun. 30--Wisconsin dairy farmers Sue Beitlich and Jeff Opitz are unhappy about milk prices, which have dropped to their lowest point in 25 years.
But they disagree on a proposed cure: an unprecedented proposal to reduce the nation's milk supply in order to raise those prices.
The National Milk Producers Federation, which represents a majority of the nation's dairy farmers, is expected to decide today whether its members should voluntarily reduce the nation's milk supply.
The federation's one-year, $200 million program would cut the U.S. milk supply by ...