Source: Tyne Morgan, AGWEB, 7/10/20


For dairy farmers like Dwayne Faber, the impacts of COVID-19 happened fast.    “Out the gate was a pretty precipitous fall,” says the Burlington, Wash., dairy farmer. “We had some $18 milk on the board, and then that fell all the way down to $12. “ As prices fell, and the pandemic created chaos in the supply chain, he says the government quickly stepped in to help. “We've seen that market rebound completely; however, it's kind of caused a disparity between the different classes of milk, so Class III is super strong, but then butter and powder is struggling.”

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