date:Nov 22, 2012
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has denied a petition from three dairy cooperatives for an emergency hearing on changes to the states Class 4b milk-pricing formula.
The CDFA rejected the petition. filed by California Dairy Inc., Dairy Farmers of America and Land O'Lakes, after it failed to clarify Secretary Karen Ross authority to initiate the hearing. And there is debate whether such a measure would simply be a short-term solution to a larger set of problems.
The co-