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Skimmed Milk Price Increase Advocated at Hearing
Milk handlers and dairy farmers urged raising skimmed milk prices to counter price cutting by filled milk makers. The Agriculture Department hearing in Des Plaines, Illinois covered Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois as part of seven regional sessions. The Arizona recommendation calls for pricing skimmed milk used for filled milk the same as natural Grade A milk. Filled milk, made with vegetable fats, is reconstituted and cheaper, with base often skim milk.