By WP Newsroom
3/29/10 - 3:53 pm
We attended the Department of Justice's visit to Batavia to talk dairy today -- you can see our minute-by-minute coverage of the event here. The hearing was an historic one: the first time the DOJ has actually met dairy farmers on their own turf. This afternoon, articles are already being released by various news outlets, most of which seem to focus on remarks made by Senator Charles Schumer. Here's a roundup:
From the Rochester Business Journal:
Dairy prices hit historic lows in 2009, while revenue for dairy farmers per dollar spent on milk by consumers declined, said Schumer, D-N.Y. “For too long, farmers have been receiving rock-bottom prices for their products while prices have not dropped commensurately for consumers at the stores,” Schumer said in a statement. “It just doesn’t add up.
From the AP: Read more
