Board members of Agri-Mark, a major dairy cooperative in the Northeast, are asking for federal support for the U.S. dairy industry in light of burdensome supplies and tariff wars that have sent milk prices plummeting. The co-op has also scheduled a national meeting for mid-August to consider policy and market options as dairy farmers struggle through another year of below-breakeven milk prices.
Dave Natzke, an editor with Progressive Dairymen, will be attending the meeting and joined us on today’s Dairy Radio Now for a preview:
