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A Handful of "Cooperatives" Control the US Milk Market (thelemmy.club)
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US dairy farms are consolidating, and so are their cooperatives Mergers have reduced the number of dairy co-ops from 1,930 in 1951 to just 107 in 2023, according to the most recent available data. As co-ops have grown into large, diversified businesses, some farmers say they increasingly behave like corporations rather than represent their interests, particularly those of smaller producers. Three co-ops — Dairy Farmers of America, Land O’Lakes and California Dairies — market more than 80% of U.S. milk.
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[–] 7 points 2 days ago

Isn't dairy consumption declining precipitously so in the US, so much so that the government has paid dairy farmers to dump stock in order to keep prices from going into free fall?

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