Farmers And Their Cooperative Settle Lawsuit On Fixing The Price Of Milk
Dairy farmers protest, Brussels, 5th of Oct. 2009 by Teemu Mäntynen
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Audio for this story from Morning Edition will be available at approximately 9:00 a.m. ET. This 5-foot plexiglass piece of art, resembling a freshly poured glass of milk, sits near the door to the headquarters of the Dairy Farmers of America, in Kansas City, Mo. This 5-foot plexiglass piece of art, resembling a freshly poured glass of milk, sits near the door to the headquarters of the Dairy Farmers of America, in Kansas City, Mo. Peggy Lowe/Harvest Public Media Farmers who had hoped to get some answers on why prices for their raw milk went into free fall a decade ago were disappointed Tuesday by the settlement of a case accusing the Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. , of creating a milk monopoly in the Southeast. Dairy farmers and industry observers had hoped for their day in court after years of delays in the large class-action suit.
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| 0 | "When I started in North Carolina, there were 1,200 dairies. Today there are less than 300. In South Carolina, there were 800 dairies. Today there are less than 100," he says. ... |
| 0 | "When I started in North Carolina, there were 1,200 dairies. Today there are less than 300. In South Carolina, there were 800 dairies. Today there are less than 100," he says. "That's not just consolidation." |
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| 0.127531 | "While it is nice that the farmers get some modest compensation for the harm that they suffered in the past, they remain at risk, as does the entire milk industry, by the failure to use this case to develop better, more open, and non-discriminatory access to markets for milk," he says. ... |
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| 0.0705017 | "Where inherently there's risk when you go to trial, the member's interest would be better served by making a business decision to put it behind us," says DFA CEO Rick Smith, ... |
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Farmers in the Southeast had accused their own food cooperative, the Dairy Farmers of America, of striking a deal that created a milk monopoly and suppressed the price paid for raw milk. In settling the case, the cooperative said it did nothing wrong.
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Farmers And Their Cooperative Settle Lawsuit On Fixing The Price Of Milk
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