Dairy industry leaders are meeting this weekend to discuss possible reforms to the Federal Milk Marketing Order.
American Farm Bureau Federation economist Danny Munch tells Brownfield much of the discussions are expected to focus on why a majority of milk in the U.S. is managed by co-ops but does not have to abide by federal order minimums.
“You have a lot of milk that has the opportunity to be paid less than the order system and operate outside of those regulations,” he says.
