Milk Pricing in the United States

Donald Blayney andAlden C. Manchester

United States Department of Agriculture

关键词: Milk;    prices;    dairy policy;    milk products;    dairy products;    milk production;    United States;    dairy cooperatives;    price supports;    milk marketing;    Federal milk market orders;   

RP-ID  :  AIB-761

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: United States Department of Agriculture Publications

【 摘 要 】

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