Study of Milk Market Channel Pricing and Related Documents
Including Press Items and Proposed Legislation
updated 01/25/07
Milk Pricing 2005 and Earlier
Milk Pricing 2006-2007
Contents
Research and Policy Papers
The Northeast Dairy Policy and Prices Summit Meeting: November 17-18, 2003
Critiques and Responses
Newspaper Articles and Media
International Trade
Open Space
Proposed State Laws
Other Related Items
Research and Policy Papers
"Milk Prices in New England and Neighboring Areas of New York: A Prologue to Action?"
by Ronald W. Cotterill, Adam N. Rabinowitz, and Li Tian.
Paper presented at: Crisis in Dairy Farming Forum, University of Connecticut.
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November 19, 2002 |
"A Fair Share Law for Connecticut and Other Northeast Dairy States: A State Level Solution to
Retail Milk Price Gouging and the Dairy Farm Crisis"
by Ronald W. Cotterill. |
December 2002 |
"Analysis of Two Related Milk Price Approaches to Address the Noncompetitive Pricing Problem
in the Milk Industry: The 40-40 Consumer Approach and the Farmer and Consumer Fair Share Approach"
by Ronald W. Cotterill and Adam N. Rabinowitz. |
December 2002 |
"Oligopoly Pricing with Differentiated Products: The Boston Fluid Milk Market Channel"
by Ronald W. Cotterill and Tirtha Dhar. |
February 7, 2003 |
"Perspectives on Global Concentration and Public Policy"
Presented at the Global Markets for High-Value Food Workshop, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
by Ronald W. Cotterill. |
February 14, 2003 |
"Dairy Policy for New England: Options at the State and Regional Level"
Testimony before the Committee on the Environment, Connecticut Legislature
by Ronald W. Cotterill. |
February 26, 2003 |
"An Old and New Cooperative Alternative: Integration by Farmers Into Fluid Processing to Develop Local Brands to Capture Some of the Channel Margin."
by Ronald W. Cotterill and Adam N. Rabinowitz. |
March 14, 2003 |
"Fair Pricing Mechanics"
by Ronald W. Cotterill. |
March 19, 2003 |
"Responses to some questions raised at the March 14, 2003 meeting on dairy pricing and fair pricing milk"
by Ronald W. Cotterill. |
March 19, 2003 |
"A Law to Promote Efficient and Fair Pricing of Milk in Connecticut"
by Ronald W. Cotterill, Adam N. Rabinowitz, and Li Tian. |
April 9, 2003
Revised April 23, 2003 |
| Press Release |
April 11, 2003 |
"Explanation of Farmer Benefits of the Proposed Connecticut Milk Pricing Laws."
by Ronald W. Cotterill. |
April 21, 2003 |
"Drafting of Connecticut Fair Milk Pricing Law: Further Thoughts on the Retail Price Collar."
by Ronald W. Cotterill. |
April 30, 2003 |
"Answers to Questions that Often Surface When Discussing the Proposed Connecticut Fair Pricing Milk Law."
by Ronald W. Cotterill. |
May 1, 2003 |
"Drafting a Connecticut Fair Milk Pricing Law: A Meeting the Competition Clause that Enhances the Competitive Position of Connecticut Processors and A Small Account Rule that Recognizes the Higher Cost of Supplying Such Accounts."
by Ronald W. Cotterill. |
May 6, 2003 |
"Fluid Milk Market Channel Pricing: Monopolistic Pricing by Retailers Hurts Processors, Farmers, Consumers, and Federal Market Order Pricing."
by Ronald W. Cotterill. |
September, 2003 |
"Testimony on the Massachusetts Milk Price Situation and the Proposed Massachusetts Milk Price Gouging Law."
Testimony before the Massachusetts Legislature Committee on the Environment.
by Ronald W. Cotterill, Adam N. Rabinowitz, and Matthew Schwane. |
September 4, 2003 |
"Retail Milk Prices in New England, New York, and Seattle: An Unresolved Issue"
by Adam N. Rabinowitz, Matthew Schwane, and Ronald W. Cotterill.
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September 23, 2003 |
"The Compact Plus Approach to New England Dairy Policy"
Presented at the Woodstock, CT Dairy Meeting
by Ronald W. Cotterill.
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January 14, 2004 |
"What is the Value of Milk?"
by Ronald W. Cotterill.
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February 9, 2004 |
"Milk Pricing Problems and Solutions: An Essay on the Need for New State Level Milk Price Regulation in the Northeast,
with Special Attention to Connecticut Substitute Bill No. 5642"
by Ronald W. Cotterill.
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April 12, 2004 |
"Analysis of the May 2004 Milk Price Survey with a Comparison to June 2003"
by Matthew Schwane, Adam N. Rabinowitz, and Ronald W. Cotterill.
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September 2004 |
"Analysis of the July 2005 Milk Price Survey with a Comparison to Previous Surveys"
by Matthew Schwane, Adam N. Rabinowitz, and Ronald W. Cotterill.
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August 2005 |
| United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
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"Milk Market Channel Structure: Its Impact on Farmers and Consumers, and the Inadequacies of Antitrust Enforcement as a Foundation for Dairy Policies: Evidence from the Northeast Dairy Industry"
Testimony before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
by Ronald W. Cotterill, Adam N. Rabinowitz, and Li Tian.
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October 30, 2003 |
"Milk Market Channel Structure: Its Impact on Farmers and Consumers, and the Inadequacies of Antitrust Enforcement as a Foundation for Dairy Policies: Evidence from the Northeast Dairy Industry"
Oral Testimony before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
by Ronald W. Cotterill.
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October 30, 2003 |
"Monopsony Issues in Agriculture: Buying Power of Processors in Our Nation’s Agricultural Markets."
Official Hearing Notice, Witness List, and Testimony.
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October 30, 2003 |
The Northeast Dairy Policy and Prices Summit Meeting: November 17-18, 2003
| Conference Program
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"Dairy Farming in New England at the Start of the 21st Century"
by Michael Sciabarrasi, University of New Hampshire.
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"Milk Plant Benchmarking"
by Corey Durling and Karol Szot, Dairy Technomics, LLC.
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"Milk Retail Costs and Margins"
by George Criner, University of Maine.
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"Farm Milk Prices: Forcasts and Federal Dairy Policy"
by Robert Wellington, Agri-Mark.
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"Recent Retail, Wholesale, and Farm Prices in New England and New York: Analysis of Excessive Retail Margins in New England"
by Ronald W. Cotterill, University of Connecticut.
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"A Review of the New York Price Gouge Law"
by Martin Mack, New York State Deputy Attorney General.
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"The Economic Regulation of Milk"
by David DeSantis, Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board.
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"The Proposed Connecticut Price Collar Approach"
by Ronald W. Cotterill, University of Connecticut.
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"An Act Concerning the Fair Pricing of Milk"
by Ronald W. Cotterill, University of Connecticut.
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"Legal Aspects of State/Regional Policy Options"
by Douglas Eberly, Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board.
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Critiques and Responses
Newspaper Articles and Media
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| New England Cable News. Too Much For Milk (Video). |
November 20, 2002 |
| NBC30. |
November 20, 2002 |
| NBC30. CT Attorney General on Milk (Video). |
January 3, 2003 |
| CBS Evening News. Milk, Got Money? (Video). |
August 31, 2003 |
| The Osgood File. Too Much For Milk (Audio). |
September 1, 2003 |
| NBC30 Connecticut News. Rising Prices (Video). |
September 2, 2003 |
| ABC Boston, Newscenter 5. Milk Prices (Video). |
September 4, 2003 |
| Print and Electronic
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| Boston Globe Series by Bruce Mohl
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| Boston Globe. Economists find high markup of regional milk prices. |
November 13, 2002 |
| Boston Globe. Hood plans to merge with Dallas dairy farm. |
November 13, 2002 |
| Boston Globe. Study finds milk price disparity. |
November 20, 2002 |
| Boston Globe. N.E. states eye milk-price controls. |
January 8, 2003 |
| Boston Globe. Dairy to raise milk price. Key Article - Read This! |
January 9, 2003 |
| Boston Globe. Galvin targets milk prices: Files legislation to limit retail cost |
January 10, 2003 |
| Boston Globe. National Dairy, Hood Scrap Deal Plan Alternative to Merger to Skirt Regulatory Worries |
May 13, 2003 |
| Boston Globe. Grocery chains mull charging more for milk. |
August 29, 2003 |
| Boston Globe. Grocery chains hike milk prices. |
September 3, 2003 |
| Boston Globe. Study slams effort to cap price of milk. |
September 4, 2003 |
| Boston Globe. Milking the pricing system; Despite fluctuations in the farm rate, supermarkets hold on to hefty profits. |
February 1, 2004 |
| Other Press Items
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| NBC30. UConn Economist Says Milk Prices Are Sour. |
November 20, 2002 |
| Norwich Bulletin. Milk costs too much, economist says. |
November 20, 2002 |
| The New London Day. Study says dairy farmers are losing out on milk profits. |
November 20, 2002 |
Associated Press. Study: chain stores overcharging for milk. November 20, 2002.
The AP article appeared in many regional newspapers, including The Hartford Courant, titled, Stores Overprice Milk; Farmers
Struggle, Study Says. |
November 21, 2002 |
| In response to the AP article: Dr. Cotterill's Letter to the Editor of The Hartford Courant. |
November 21, 2002 |
| The Hartford Courant. Supermarket Milk Prices Need To Come Down (Opinion piece by Ronald W. Cotterill). |
November 26, 2002 |
| The Providence Journal. Supermarkets, stop the gouging - Milk prices should tumble (Opinion piece by Ronald W. Cotterill). |
November 27, 2002 |
| The Hartford Courant. Blumenthal to launch milk-price investigation:
retailers, processors suspected of gouging consumers. |
January 4, 2003 |
| Connecticut Post. Corporations accused of dairy profiteering. |
January 4, 2003 |
| Bangor Daily News. Grocers gouge on milk sales, experts allege
Shelf prices remain constant even though farmers get less. |
January 25, 2003 |
| Supermarket News. Spill It; An Outpouring of Support for Milk-Price
Ceilings from Consumers and Lawmakers has Retailers on the Defensive. |
February 10, 2003 |
| Country Folks New England Farm Weekly. CT Legislators Discuss Help for Dairy Farmers and Consumers. |
February 10, 2003 |
| The Barre Montpelier Times Argus. State plans aid to farms. |
February 12, 2003 |
| The New York Times. Got Milk? Yes, but That's Not the Issue. |
March 2, 2003 |
| Press Release from Senator Olympia Snowe, U.S. Senator for Maine. Snowe Calls on the GAO to
Investigate Milk Markets in the Northeast. |
March 7, 2003 |
| New Haven Register. Fair prices could rescue dairy farms (Opinion piece by Mark Winne). |
March 13, 2003 |
| Associated Press. Professor seeks legislation capping milk prices. |
April 11, 2003 |
| Hartford Courant. Time To Put Dairy Farmers Out To Pasture. |
April 17, 2003 |
| Hartford Courant. Regarding Cohen's Dairy Disdain. |
April 20, 2003 |
| The New York Times. A Breakdown of Milk Prices. |
April 20, 2003 |
| Norwich Bulletin. Farmers say bill that would give tax breaks desperately needed. |
April 23, 2003 |
| Hartford Courant. Losing Farms, Gaining Pounds And Paying A Steep Price (by Mark Winne and Lucy Nolan). |
April 28, 2003 |
| Brattleboro Reformer. State hopes programs will shore up ailing dairy industry. |
April 30, 2003 |
| Bennington Banner. Vt. farmers offered loans to reduce debt. |
May 1, 2003 |
| WCAX. Milk Money. |
May 6, 2003 |
| CBS MarketWatch. Gotten milked? Retailers accused of gouging milk buyers. |
June 9, 2003 |
| Wall Street Journal. Secret in the Dairy Aisle: Milk Is a Cash Cow. |
July 28, 2003 |
| The Seattle Times. Highest milk prices in the nation found in Puget Sound area. |
August 12, 2003 |
| Chicago Sun-Times. Cost of breakfast just got steeper. |
August 30, 2003 |
| Times Union. Dairies deliver dose of sticker shock at stores. |
September 2, 2003 |
| Associated Press. Secretary of State calls for restrictions on milk prices. |
September 4, 2003 |
| The San Francisco Chronicle. Dairy farmers cull cattle to boost price of milk; Producers complain retailers are skimming too much profit. |
October 19, 2003 |
| Wall Street Journal. Bully Buyers: How Driving Prices Lower Can Violate Antitrust Statutes; 'Monopsony' Suits Mount As Companies Are Accused Of Squeezing Suppliers; Farmers vs. Cigarette Makers. |
January 27, 2004 |
| Cheese Reporter. Northeast Order To Tighten Pooling Standards, Rejects Marketwide Credit. |
March 26, 2004 |
| Cheese Reporter. March Milk: No Negative PPDs, But Almost 3 Billion Pounds Depooled. |
April 16, 2004 |
| Cheese Reporter. Future of Northeast Dairy Industry Seen Depending On State, Regional Dairy Policies. |
April 16, 2004 |
| The Providence Journal. Rising dairy prices continue to milk consumers. |
April 29, 2004 |
| The Hartford Courant. A Losing Proposition. |
May 3, 2004 |
| Cheese Reporter. National Dairy Equity Act Is A Flawed Proposal. |
June 25, 2004 |
| Cheese Reporter. Upper Midwest Order: Distant Pooling Hurts All Producers, Depooling Just Hurts Some. |
June 25, 2004 |
| Hartford Courant. A Toast to State Farmers. |
July 8, 2004 |
| Chicago Tribune. Small dairy farmers take on `Goliath' cooperative. |
September 7, 2004 |
| Hartford Courant. Got Milk? Saving Simsbury's Last Dairy Farm. |
November 7, 2004 |
| Hartford Courant. Farmers Largely Unfazed by Talk of Subsidy Cuts; State's Growers Receive Relatively Little Aid. |
February 22, 2005 |
| Hartford Courant. A Town's Utopian Quest; Even Supporters of a Fantasy-Like Development in Preston, Between Two Casinos, Have Their Doubts. |
March 27, 2005 |
| Associated Press. Governor announces new dairy task force. |
April 7, 2005 |
| Hartford Courant. Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk - Letter to the Editor. |
May 2, 2005 |
| New York Times. Got Toxic Milk? |
May 30, 2005 |
| Journal Inquirer. Farmers launching new milk business. |
June 04, 2005 |
| Maine
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| Governor Baldacci Announces Dairy Relief Plan for Maine. |
April 4, 2003 |
| Bangor Daily News. Farmers' reactions mixed on dairy relief package. |
April 5, 2003 |
| Portland Press Herald. Extra aid puts off vote on milk tax. |
April 12, 2003 |
| WMTW. A Way of Life: A Special Report by Lisa Gardner. |
May 6, 2003 |
| Portland Press Herald. Baldacci names members to panel on dairy industry. |
May 7, 2003 |
| Portland Press Herald. Milk prices rise, but farmers get little benefit. |
September 3, 2003 |
| Related Press Items
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| The New York Times. Pastoral Poverty: The Seeds of Decline. |
December 8, 2002 |
| The Barre Montpelier Times Argus. Douglas tuned in to farmers’ needs. |
January 4, 2003 |
| The Barre Montpelier Times Argus. State House hearing focuses on farm woes. |
January 17, 2003 |
| The New York Times. Irregularities Push Parmalat Closer To Insolvency. |
December 20, 2003 |
| The New York Times. Connecticut Lawmakers Debate Strict Bill on School Nutrition. |
May 10, 2005 |
| Hartford Courant. Junk Food Limit Clears Senate. |
May 26, 2005 |
| Hartford Courant. Family Saw Need to Preserve Farmland. |
May 31, 2005 |
| Hartford Courant. Bill To Save Farmland Passes. |
June 8, 2005 |
| Hartford Courant. Rell Vetoes Junk Food Bill. |
Jun 15, 2005 |
| H.P. Hood's Merger with National Dairy Holdings
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| The Burlington Free Press. Merger proposal controversial. |
February 9, 2003 |
| The American Antitrust Institute Competitive Issues in the Dairy Industry: The Pending DFA/NDH/Hood Transaction |
February 17, 2004 |
| International Trade
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| International Herald Tribune. Talks to consider farm tariffs, WTO group faces March deadline for agreement. |
February 13, 2003 |
| The New York Times. Global Talks On Farming Begin Friday. |
February 13, 2003 |
| The New York Times. The Middle East Belongs in the World Economy. |
February 22, 2003 |
| Open Space
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| Hartford Courant. When Our Farms Are Gone, They're Gone Forever; Connecticut's Endangered Acres (Opinion piece by Mark Winne). |
November 9, 2003 |
| Hartford Courant. A Farm-Friendly Town (Opinion piece by Mark Winne). |
January 11, 2004 |
| Hartford Courant. Where Growth Is Concerned, Denser Can Mean Smarter (Opinion piece by Donald J. Poland). |
January 18, 2004 |
State Laws
Other Related Items
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