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The compact created a Northeast Dairy Compact Commission, based in Montpelier, Vermont, charged with setting prices and regulating bulk milk handlers. From 1997 until its expiration on September 30, 2001, the Northeast compact required processors in the region to pay dairy farmers at least $16.94/ cwt. for farm milk used for fluid consumption.
US$ 14.7 billion (2017)[1] Net income. US$ 131.8 million (2016) Number of employees. 18,000. Website. dfamilk.com. Dairy Farmers of America Inc. (DFA) is a national milk marketing cooperative in the United States. DFA markets members' raw milk and sells milk and derivative products (dairy products, food components, ingredients and shelf-stable ...
According to AC Nielson Fresh Milk Price Report, which compared the global retail fluid milk price per litre for 12 months ending October 2017, the price of 1 litre of liquid milk in Canadian dollars in Canada was $1.50. In Australia it was $1.57, in the USA a litre of rBST-free milk was $1.61, in France, $1.77, and in New Zealand, $1.83.
According to The New York Times, if the current Farm Bill expires and the pricing equation reverts to its 1949 standard, the government will pay considerably more for milk.
These purchase prices are set high enough to enable dairy processors to pay farmers at least the support price for the milk they use in manufacturing these products. The 2002 farm bill (P.L. 107-171, Sec. 1501) mandated a support price of $9.90/ cwt , effective through December 31, 2007, when the program by law was scheduled to expire.
Dairy industry in the United States. The dairy industry in the United States includes the farms, cooperatives, and companies that produce milk and cheese and related products, such as milking machines, and distribute them to the consumer. By 1925, the United States had 1.5-2 million dairy cows, each producing an average of 4200 lb of milk per year.
Website. hphood.com. The most sanitary milk depot in New England, early 20th Century. HP Hood LLC is an American dairy company based in Lynnfield, Massachusetts. Hood was founded in 1846 [1] in Derry, New Hampshire, by Harvey Perley Hood. After two years in Derry, Hood took his milk south and established a factory in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
S. Goats at the Surfing Goat Dairy. Saputo Inc. Sargento − one of the largest privately held companies in the United States, [8] and one of the largest retail cheese companies in the U.S. [9] Schoep's Ice Cream. Schreiber Foods. Schuman Cheese. Shamrock Farms. Sheffield Farms.