date:Oct 22, 2018
id in a statement, its foundation has put millions of dollars into programs benefiting dairy communities. Even so, Dairy Farmers of America, the biggest dairy cooperative, said reductions in operating hours and scheduled plant shutdowns during the July Fourth holiday exacerbated the milk glut, and led them to dump some raw product on farms.
The amount of milk dumped by farmers in the U.S. Northeast reached almost 145 million pounds through Julythe most in at least a decadeincluding 23.6 million