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Antitrust & Trade Reg.

Jan. 12, 2000

Got Federally Mandated Price Floors for Milk?

By Kevin McNew Congress recently passed, and President Clinton signed into law, several changes to federal dairy policy that allow dairy farmers to milk American consumers - especially families with children - of their hard-earned money. The first change extended the supposedly temporary Northeast Compact, a government-backed cartel that sets a price floor in New England to keep the cost of milk high.

By Kevin McNew
        Congress recently passed, and President Clinton signed into law, several changes to federal dairy policy that allow dairy farmers to milk American consumers - especially families with children - of their hard-earned money. The first change extended the supposedly temporary Northeast Compact, a government-backed cartel that sets a price floor in New England to kee...

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