Source: THE FERN, 3/7/18



Last week, Dean Foods announced it was canceling its contracts with more than 100 independent, conventional dairy farmers. The farmers, located in Pennsylvania, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, New York, and Ohio, will have until May 31 to find a new market for their milk. Meanwhile, dairy prices are plummeting across the country as a milk glut and consolidation in the sector threatens dairy farmers’ bottom lines.

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