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East Tennessee dairy farmers milk every option to stay in business after Dean Foods ends contract


CO-OPS GIVE MORE TIME, AND A NEW STATE LAW COULD HELP, BUT THERE REMAINS LITTLE HOPE IN A TOUGH MARKET.

Fewer than 20 days remain until Dean Foods terminates its contract with dairy farmer Caleb Watson and his 221 milk cows. The countdown, if nothing else, has become easier to compute; the days can be tallied on fingers and toes now.

Watson and 10 other East Tennessee farmers were given a 90-day, out-of-the-blue notice. Time is up May 31.

The company cited an overabundance of milk in the market as reason for the cuts. Dean Foods subsidiary companies include Purity, Mayfield Dairy, Land O’Lakes, Dairy Pure, TruMoo and many other regional and national brands.

 

Source: Knox News


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