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Milk Price Increase Forecast After USDA Farm Price Rise
The USDA announced a 1.5 cent per quart rise in farm milk price, likely boosting consumer prices by 12 to 2 cents per quart starting May 1, 1967. Dr. Paul E. Hand of Inter-State Milk Producers’ Cooperative testified for area farmers at a Washington hearing April 14–15, noting labor shortages and high costs.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Paul E. Hand
Inter-State Milk Producers’ Cooperative
Philadelphia
Washington, D.C
F. Bennett Carter
Hand
Baltimore
New York
USDA
Delaware Valley
Wilmington
South Jersey
Pennsylvania