date:Oct 18, 2012
ld raise the price of milk in stores to $6 a gallon (milk was selling for $3.50 Monday at a Mitchell grocery store). The prices of milk, cheese and butter are all on the increase.
The dairy industry is undergoing dramatic changes, with far fewer dairy farms than in the past. There are about 51,000 dairy producers in the nation and about 350 remaining in South Dakota.
Most of the milk comes from large dairies; about 65 percent of the milk produced in South Dakota comes from 15 percent of the da