Hawaii's Mauna Kea Moo To Buy Cloverleaf Dairy

For at least a decade, Hawi dairy farmer Ed Boteilho has pushed the state for incentives to help keep local dairies alive.

Quotas and price controls make it impossible for dairy farmers to pass along their increases in feed, transportation, fuel and employee costs in the same way as other businesses, he’s said. Currently, milk is the only commodity in the state under regulatory price controls.

Boteilho was a frequent presence at Board of Agriculture meetings in Honolulu, warning state officials that one more bad move could send him out of the dairy business.

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