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Article: Director blasts plan to replace cheese exchange He blames state bill for cheesemakers' efforts to find new markets
- Article from:
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- March 1, 1997
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The announcement that an association of cheesemakers wants to
replace the National Cheese Exchange represents another blow to
Wisconsin's reputation as America's Dairyland, the president of the
exchange said Friday.
Richard Gould, president of the National Cheese Exchange, said
efforts by the cheesemakers to find new cash markets are linked to a
bill before the Legislature to regulate the exchange. The bill has
been approved by the state Senate.
Gould called the measure "so onerous that no sensible company or
co-op would even attempt to trade on the exchange. . . . It is just
an attempt to close down the exchange. The industry has found the
atmosphere in Wisconsin is so hostile, they ...