CDFA Secretary Ross Announces Permanent Change In State Milk Pricing System
May 24, 2016 | 1 min to read
California Department of Food Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross announced late last week that she has ordered a permanent change to the dry whey scale of the state's Class 4b milk pricing formula.
The decision, effective June 1, comes after a milk price hearing on April 11 in Sacramento where Western United Dairymen (WUD) and other dairy producers voiced their desire for the temporary Class 4b price hike Ross ordered in 2015 to be made permanent.
"Once dairy product markets improve, this adjustment will provide a needed increase in revenue to producers to promote a stable milk supply,” Ross said in a statement announcing the decision.
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