The Government Accountability Office has released a report reviewing
the impact of cooperative consolidation to dairy farmers.
The report finds dairy co-op consolidation can affect farmer’s control and earnings, lead to competing interests, and create power imbalances. Processing investments have also benefited co-ops but can reduce market access for non-members.
The report says from 1997 to 2017, the number of dairy farms decreased by more than half while the number of cows more than doubled.
Continue reading GAO reviews dairy co-op consolidation at Brownfield Ag News.
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