With the recent interest in California joining the Federal Order pricing system, the management and board of directors of California Dairies, Inc. have taken a proactive step to investigate what impacts might be expected as a result of adopting federal milk pricing regulations. CDI has commissioned a comprehensive modeling study of a California federal milk marketing order, the first of its kind. Dairy Farmers of America Western Area (DFA) and Land O’Lakes (LOL) have agreed to join CDI and participate in the study.
CDI has contracted with Mark Stephenson, director of dairy policy analysis at the University of Wisconsin’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, and Chuck Nicholson, clinical associate professor of supply chain management at Penn State University, to perform the five-month study.
The goal of the study is to assess what can be expected by replacing the state milk marketing order with a federal counterpart. PD
—From California Dairies, Inc. news release
