Milk Pricing in the United States
by
Donald Blayney and Alden C. Manchester
Agriculture Information Bulletin No. (AIB-761) 24 pp, February 2001
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Over the past 125 years, a complex system of both public and private pricing institutions has evolved to deal with milk production, assembly, and distribution. The pricing of milk in the United States is part market-determined, and part publicly administered through a wide variety of pricing regulations. This report examines the many facets of pricing milk as it moves from the farm gate to alternative users
Keywords: Milk, prices, dairy policy, milk products, dairy products, milk production, United States, dairy cooperatives, price supports, milk marketing, Federal milk market orders
In this publication...
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Frontmatter (Title page, Contents, Summary), Pdf file 55 kb
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Introduction, Pdf file 67 kb
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U.S. Dairy Industry in Brief, Pdf file 49 kb
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How the Pricing System Evolved, Pdf file 383 kb
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The Milk Pricing System in the Future, Pdf file 76 kb
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Glossary, Pdf file 52 kb
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Information Sources, Pdf file 48 kb
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Appendix A: Federal Milk Marketing Order Price Formulas, Pdf file 48 kb
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Entire report, Pdf file 438 kb
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