We have advocated for a two-tier pricing plan for several years. NFU supports two-tier pricing and the idea of controlling production is basic economics. We also need to identify all of the imports that are dairy derivatives as dairy and make them subject to our tariff rate quotas to balance them with our domestic needs. We also need a pricing formula that includes a regional cost of production and reasonable profit so that not only will our price stabilize, but at a high enough level to allow a decent living for ourselves and our children to follow. It is long overdue.

Please be sure that the Pricing plan does two things:
1. Does it fully address producer-processor milk? If not, it will send us straight down the road to vertical integration
2. Be sure that the dairymen on the board representing the different regions also represent different milk marketing co-ops. The board should not be under the control of one or two large co-ops. They put us where we are today and are not likely to fix our problems.
~Sheryl Vanco

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