FAIRFIELD, Vt. - Some dairy farmers aren't sweet on part of a proposed $30 million settlement with a giant dairy processor that they say could hurt their income. The proposal would settle a class-action antitrust lawsuit filed in 2009 by five Northeastern dairy farms, who accused Dallas-based Dean Foods Co., Kansas City, Mo.-based cooperative Dairy Farmers of America and its marketing affiliate Dairy Marketing Services of working together to dominate the milk-buying market and hold down prices paid to farmers.
DFA, DMS Join Local Farmers in Filing Objection to Dean Foods Settlement KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dairy farmers who say attorneys representing them are not looking out for their best interests have filed opposition to the proposed settlement submitted in the class action antitrust lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Burlington, Vt. Acting on behalf of its dairy farmer owners, Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. (DFA), together with Dairy Marketing Services, LLC (DMS), also has filed objections to this settlement.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - With a gallon of milk costing as much as or more than a gallon of gasoline this summer, a consumer scanning the supermarket shelves might think the situation is a cash cow for dairy farmers. In reality, it isn't. As the price of milk hovers around $4 a gallon, dairy farmers nationwide still are struggling with the aftermath of what's dubbed the Great Dairy Recession.
Disproportionate Share Carried by Upper Midwest and Northeast States MIAMI, Jan. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new study by Informa Economics concludes that the Dairy Market Stabilization Program (DMSP) proposed by the National Milk Producers Federation would have withheld an estimated $626 million from dairy farmers during periods when they were already under significant financial pressure. In 2009, the worst financial year on record for dairy farmers, $390 million would have been withheld, with the majority of it, $236 million, coming from just five states: Wisconsin, New York, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
Western Pennsylvania farmers trying to earn a living raising cattle or producing milk were hurt by a plunge in exports to other states and overseas when the world economy went into recession, state agriculture experts say. Dairy farmers, who represent about 7,400 of the state's 63,200 farms, were hit the hardest, said Gary L. Sheppard, director of the Penn State Cooperative Extension office in Westmoreland County. The dairy industry in the United States was growing, with a surge in production of cheese and dry powdered milk, but that changed.
Trial court did not violate plaintiff-appellant's due process rights by dismissing appellant's claims where appellant's counsel had notice of defendants-appellees' request for dismissal and an opportunity to oppose that request. Appellate court lacks jurisdiction to consider appellant's claim of prejudice by the trial judge, but, nevertheless, appellant failed to identify evidence of bias or prejudice in the record. Appellant's remaining assignments of error, with respect to the law of the case doctrine and a motion to seal portions of the record, are not well-taken and this court has disposed of them in previous appeals. Appellees' motion for expenses is sustained.
AUGUSTA - Members of the Legislature's Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Committee voted late Tuesday to seek $1.2 million in the state's supplemental budget to assist Maine's struggling dairy farmers. For the next four months, on a day-to-day cash flow basis, Maine's dairy farmers are in the cross hairs," Julie Marie Bickford of the Maine Dairy Industry Association said Wednesday. "Big or small, everybody is at risk.
RIVERDALE, Calif. - While milk prices continue to rise and exports to Asian markets have expanded, many dairy farmers are still struggling with the aftermath of several disastrous years and hoping the federal government will do something to help stabilize the industry. After milk prices plunged and farms began going under, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said a year and a half ago that the industry needed restructuring and his department would look at its programs to see what changes could be made to help create more stability.
BARNHART, Mo. - A collapse in milk prices has wiped away the profits of dairy farmers, driving many out of business while forcing others to slaughter their herds or dump milk on the ground in protest. But nine months after prices began tumbling on the farm, consumers aren't seeing the full benefits of the crash at the checkout counter. The average price for a gallon of milk at grocery stores last month is down just 19 percent from its peak of $3.83 in July. Farmers, on the other hand, got $1.04 a gallon in April - 35 percent less than they were paid last fall. This winter, wholesale prices were down as much as 45 percent.
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