Dairy Crisis Fix The U.S. dairy industry has spent decades myopically focused on extracting high prices for milk out of American consumers. The Federal Milk Marketing Order system is so complex that only an elite few understand how it operates. All the while per capita milk consumption has been plummeting. Exports have been growing at nearly 4.5 percent per year despite the near lack of interest by the industry. For example, the global market demands mozzarella lower in salt, but the domestic industry insisted on making it saltier because that fit the domestic market. Now the reality of the market situation has hit like a 2x4 and a study has recommended some form of revamp. It appears the reality of the situation will finally force some ha...

TAGS – Livestock, North America