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Article: Midwest Dairy Farmers Block Plan to Reduce Nation's Milk Supply, Raise Prices.
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- July 1, 2003
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By Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jul. 1--An unprecedented proposal to reduce the nation's milk supply in order to raise prices has faltered amid strong opposition from small dairy farmers in Wisconsin and other Midwestern states.
The National Milk Producers Federation, which represents a majority of the nation's dairy farmers, delayed an expected decision Monday on whether its members should voluntarily reduce the nation's milk supply. The federation proposed the program after milk prices dropped to their lowest point in 25 years.
The federation's board met for two hours before voting to ...