Milk Pricing in the United States - Paperback

by Donald Blayney (Author), Alden C. Manchester (Author), United Economic Research Service (Ers) (Created by)

Over the past 125 years, a complex system of both public and private pricing institutions has evolved to deal with milk production, assembly, and distribution. The pricing of milk in the United States is part market-determined, and part publicly administered through a wide variety of pricing regulations. This report examines the many facets of pricing milk as it moves from the farm gate to alternative users