Study: Loss Of Dairy Farm Immigrant Workers Would Double Retail Milk Prices

COLLEGE STATION – A recent dairy labor study found that a reduction of immigrant workers would lead to a doubling of retail milk price, costing the U.S. economy more than $32 billion.

The study, commissioned by the National Milk Producers Federation, was conducted by Texas A&M AgriLife Research.

The study team consisted of Dr. Parr Rosson, head of the department of agricultural economics at Texas A&M University; Flynn Adcock, assistant director of the Center for North American Studies at Texas A&M;  and Dr. David Anderson, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service livestock economist, all in College Station.

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