Book Description

Provides information on: (1) the factors that influence the price of fluid milk as it moves from the farm to the consumer; (2) the portion of the average retail price of a gallon of fluid milk that is received by farmers, coops, wholesalers, & retailers in selected markets across the country; (3) changes in farm & retail prices & their effect on the farm-to-retail spread; (4) the way changes in prices at any given level in the milk marketing chain are reflected in changes in prices at the other levels; & (5) different retail pricing relationships that exist in selected markets among the 4 kinds of milk -- whole, reduced-fat (2%), low-fat (1%), & fat-free (skim).