In recent months, milk prices have soured for Valley dairymen.
Milk sales actually set records in 2014. But plummeting commodity prices this year — spurred, in part, by declining sales to China — are actually forcing some dairies to pour surplus milk down the drain.
Around the Valley, many dairies, especially smaller ones, are struggling; more than 200 have gone out of business in the past few years. Some owners describe running a diary as riding a rollercoaster.
The recent decrease in California dairymen’s milk checks has added urgency to their efforts to join a Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO).
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