date:Oct 10, 2012
a are not part of a federal system that sets minimum returns for farmers, so they tend to get lower prices than in other states, according to Ed Jesse, a professor emeritus in the department of agriculture and applied economics at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Dairies got $16.42 per 100 pounds in August, 9.3 percent less than the national average, USDA data show.
Riley Walter, an agricultural bankruptcy lawyer in Fresno, California, said hes had 58 cases of dairies in some kind of fin