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These purchase prices are set high enough to enable dairy processors to pay farmers at least the support price for the milk they use in manufacturing these products. The 2002 farm bill (P.L. 107-171, Sec. 1501) mandated a support price of $9.90/ cwt , effective through December 31, 2007, when the program by law was scheduled to expire.
Sealtest Dairy is a Good Humor-Breyers brand for dairy products. Formerly a division of National Dairy Products Corporation (precursor to Kraft Foods) of Delaware, it produced milk, cream, ice cream, and lemonade. The Sealtest brand was also later used by various companies in Canada under license (now held by Agropur).
Dairy Farmers of America Inc. (DFA) is a national milk marketing cooperative in the United States. DFA markets members' raw milk and sells milk and derivative products (dairy products, food components, ingredients and shelf-stable dairy products) to wholesale buyers both domestically and abroad. Net sales in 2016 were $13.5 billion ...
The Youngstown area was the largest Isaly's market, boasting at one time almost 130 stores. [2] In 1929 they expanded to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , (on the Blvd. of the Allies ). Expansion continued through the 1930s and 1940s with additional dairies built from Columbus, Ohio (at North High Street and Arcadia Avenue) west to Iowa and 310 stores.
Smith Dairy introduced its Yellow Super Jug for Smith's milk in 1999. Since natural and fluorescent light degrades the flavor and vitamin content of milk, [8] Smith Dairy chose to use opaque yellow plastic packaging to protect its milk from harmful light oxidation. As of 2009, Smith Dairy has more than 450 associates. It processes an average of ...
Dairy is a significant part of the overall agricultural production of the state of Ohio. The state ranks 11th in milk production in the United States. In 2018, the roughly 2,000 dairy farms with 263,000 cows produced more than 5.59 billion pounds, or 650 million gallons, of milk. [1]
In 1964, the Lake to Lake dairy coop held its annual meeting at Luxemburg High School. Protestors from the National Farmers Organization dumped milk from a milk truck on the school grounds. [1] In 1964, two NFO members were killed when they and about 500 others attempted to stop a truck from taking cattle to market. [2]
Bellefontaine is the center of the Bellefontaine Micropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. This micropolis consists solely of Logan County, Ohio . The 2000 census [ 4 ] found 46,005 people in the micropolis, making it the 260th most populous such area in the United States.