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Making sense of milk prices

Dairy industry begins discussions to update milk pricing system after COVID upheaval

Chad Smith
Oct 7, 2022
Oct 7, 2022

Ron Henningfeld works at a sink at Clock Shadow Creamery in Milwaukee as a batch of Cheddar cheese is stirred.
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Like most segments of the economy, COVID-19 upset the apple cart in the dairy industry. When dairy buying patterns shifted dramatically during school and business shutdowns, it exposed flaws in the Federal Milk Market Order (FMMO) system.

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Chad Smith is a freelance journalist living in the western suburbs of the Twin Cities, but grew up in Castlewood, South Dakota. After spending 22 years behind a microphone in radio, Chad made the switch six years ago to full-time freelance journalism, covering agriculture, state and national news stories, sports and everything in between. Reach him at editorial@midwestmessenger.com.

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