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Organizations pull together for dairy

Apr 4, 2022
Apr 4, 2022

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Dairy farmers from local chapters of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation and the Wisconsin Farmers Union are pulling together regarding common-sense dairy-policy reform to reduce price volatility, slow farm loss and balance supply with demand.

Brittany Olson

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OPINION It’s all too easy to look at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange right now and think, “Wow, class III is $23 per hundredweight! It’s about time dairy farmers got a break.”

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