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Inside the August 2024 Issue No. 540: Story of the Month: Retail Milk Price-Gouging in Upper Midwest & Kansas City (p. 7 - See the Special Link Listed Below on this Page) - Other stories: Dairy Livestock Prices Moving up F-A-S-T (p. 1): . . . Global Financial Meltdown Further Lowers Grain Commodities (p. 1): . . . Very Nice WI 120-Cow Herd Sold to Fair Oaks: $3,000/Head (p. 2): . . . June ’24 Sustains Cottage Cheese Volume Growth (p. 2): . . . July ‘24 Class III Price at $19.76/Cwt. (-$0.08): . . . Bird Flu Precautions in Effect to Protect World Dairy Expo Cattle (p. 3): . . . Appeals Court Ruling on Refinery Waiver Cases Could Hurt Ethanol (p. 3): . . . Mgmt. Team Exodus at United Dairymen of Arizona (p. 3): . . . Strategies for Dairy Farmers in these Fast-Changing Times (p. 4): . . . Updated Transportation Credits Help Ease Southeast Milk Trucking Costs (p. 5): . . . Small WI Dairy Supplying Milk to 29 Schools in 18 Districts (p. 5): . . . Reviewing Project 2025’s Ag & Food Policy Proposals (p. 6): . . . Illegal Immigrants Policies: Huge Impact on Ag & Food (p. 6): . . . Retail Milk Price-Gouging in Upper Midwest & Kansas City (p. 7): . . . Renegade Carbon Intensifies Hurricanes’ Frequency & Power (p. 8): . . . CWT Program on Thin Ice, Heading into NMPF’s Meeting (p. 9): . . . Butter & Cheddar Prices Relatively Flat, NFDM & Whey Rise (p. 10) . . . The Power of Hurricanes (p. 11): . . . Florida Buyers Paying Big Bucks in Texas for Dairy Cows & Springers (p. 12): . . . Agri-Mark Bans Raw Milk Sales by Members (p. 12): . . . Sour Cream from Texas at Wisconsin State Fair (p. 12): . . . SUBSCRIBE and Keep Informed About the Dairy Industry! . . . We are now offering an electronic email version of The Milkweed . . .

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Story of the Month - August 2024 - Issue 540:


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AUGUST 2024 ISSUE:  Milk Price-Gouging (Click Here To View Docs.)
HDL:  Retail Milk Price-Gouging in Upper Midwest & Kansas City


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