A dairy cooperative’s members would like to see changes in how their milk is priced.
Karen Gefvert with Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative tells Brownfield producers are seeking changes, and there needs to be flexibility in each federal order to allow pricing to better adjust to what the milk is used for. She says that will require legislation to pass modifying the Agricultural Marketing Act. “The reason why that needs legislation and couldn’t be introduced into a federal order hearing is because right now, based on the law, it’s not allowed.
