The modified proposal to cut the nation's milk supply has been approved by members of the National Milk Producers Foundation. Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) proposal, which is designed to raise milk prices from their extended slump, faced major opposition from small dairy farmers throughout Wisconsin and elsewhere until the check-off funding mechanism was reduced from 18 cents to 5 cents per hundredweight.
CWT will use the proceeds from contributions by participating dairy producers to implement a multi-dimensional program to reduce milk supplies by 1.2 billion pounds over a 12-month period.
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