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Article: High Costs Contribute to Importation of Milk Protein Concentrate.
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- Watertown Daily Times (Watertown, NY)
- Article date:
- May 26, 2004
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Byline: Marc Heller
May 26--WASHINGTON -- The U.S. dairy industry cannot make milk protein concentrate cheaper than foreign competitors, a federal commission found, suggesting imports of MPC will continue to be a volatile issue.
Government policies and U.S. farmers' relatively high costs of production are both contributing to MPC imports, the U.S. International Trade Commission reported. The agency said imported MPC replaces millions of pounds of milk that farmers could otherwise sell to plants but does not seriously hurt farm-level milk prices.
The report suggests that without dismantling some government programs, milk protein production may ...