Post by Logan on Jul 6, 2016 3:25:29 GMT -6
BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota Farmers Union will fight for better price protections for milk to stimulate the state's slumping dairy industry, the group's president said.
Watne said the price paid by consumers is not representative of the price paid to producers. The additional cost is "added by people beyond the farm gate," he told the Bismarck Tribune.
Watne said his group has joined farm union groups from Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota and California to lobby lawmakers for a higher price point that will cover the cost of milk and "allow dairies to survive."
The national average price received by farmers for milk fell to $14.5 per hundred pounds in May compared with $16.8 a year ago and $24.2 per hundred pounds two years ago in May, according to U.S. Agriculture Department data.
Read more: www.postbulletin.com/business/n-d-farm-group-wants-price-protections-for-milk/article_a39207b1-2b76-5d8c-a928-e44d8fcee076.html
Watne said the price paid by consumers is not representative of the price paid to producers. The additional cost is "added by people beyond the farm gate," he told the Bismarck Tribune.
Watne said his group has joined farm union groups from Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota and California to lobby lawmakers for a higher price point that will cover the cost of milk and "allow dairies to survive."
The national average price received by farmers for milk fell to $14.5 per hundred pounds in May compared with $16.8 a year ago and $24.2 per hundred pounds two years ago in May, according to U.S. Agriculture Department data.
Read more: www.postbulletin.com/business/n-d-farm-group-wants-price-protections-for-milk/article_a39207b1-2b76-5d8c-a928-e44d8fcee076.html