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Analysis of the May 2004 Milk Price Survey with a Comparison to June 2003

Schwane, Matthew; Rabinowitz, Adam; Cotterill, Ronald W. - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2004

Since November of 2002, the Food Marketing Policy Center has periodically conducted price surveys of milk in New York and Southern New England (Cotterill, et. al. 2002; Rabinowitz, et. al. 2003;Cotterill 2003). Results of these surveys, when coupled with data on the underlying cost of the raw milk, have...

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Retail Milk Prices in New England, New York, and Seattle: An Unresolved Issue.

Rabinowitz, Adam; Schwane, Matthew; Cotterill, Ronald W. - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2004

aided in answering several questions regarding milk pricing in the region, such as whether prices varied amongst states … pricing discrepancy. While it was originally believed that both processors and retailers are exercising market power …

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Supermarkets, Stop the Gouging - Milk Prices Should Tumble $1

Cotterill, Ronald W. - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2002

With the help of four University of Connecticut graduate students, two weeks ago I surveyed milk prices in 195 grocery stores in southern New England and neighboring parts of New York. The average price for milk in Providence supermarkets was $3.03 a gallon (the average prices for the major...

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Testimony on the Massachusetts Milk Price Situation and the Proposed Massachusetts Milk Price Gouging Law

Cotterill, Ronald W.; Rabinowitz, Adam; Schwane, Matthew - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2003

testimony and to address the Committee on an important issue today. Milk pricing in New England and Massachusetts has been …

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An Act Concerning the Fair Pricing of Milk

Cotterill, Ronald W.; Rabinowitz, Adam; Tian, Li - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2003

The proposed Connecticut milk pricing law for milk establishes two price collars. The general concept is as follows …

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Explanation of Farmer Benefits of the Proposed Connecticut Milk Pricing Laws Presented to Connecticut Farm Bureau Dairy Committee and Litchfield Dairy Committee Joint Meeting

Cotterill, Ronald W. - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2003

Farmers want to know how this proposed law will benefit them. This briefing paper explains in a general fashion how the proposed law benefits farmers. Actual benefits from the law will depend critically on the detailed regulations that the Commission promulgates. Those details will include the...

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Drafting of Connecticut Fair Milk Pricing Law: Further Thoughts on the Retail Price Collar

Cotterill, Ronald W. - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2003

In our prior papers, most notably the report dated April 23, 2002 by Cotterill, et. al. We have proposed that the retail price collar be set at 130% and that it be applied only to private label milk. In this briefing paper we will justify the setting of the retail price collar at 130% and...

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Outline of a Fair Share Milk Pricing Policy Program As Requested by Carolyn Orr, Council of State Governments after the February St. Albans, Vermont Meeting on Dairy Policy and Pri...

Cotterill, Ronald W. - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2006

The basic proposition of a fair share milk pricing policy program is the following: Retail milk prices during the low … share pricing program will redress the imbalance in prices in the market channel and eliminate part or all of the pricing … inefficiency that comes from the exercise of market power by retailers. This pricing inefficiency harms consumers; however, it also …

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University of Connecticut Research on Dairy Compacts and Fluid Milk Pricing: Executive Summaries, Fact Sheets, and Price Charts

Cotterill, Ronald W. - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2001

Using recently obtained data on cooperative premiums that give us a more direct estimate of the actual prices paid by processors for raw milk in New England, we have recalculated our impact models. The Northeast Dairy Compact’s impact on consumers, computed net of changes in cooperative...

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Fluid Milk Market Channel Pricing: Monopolistic Pricing by Retailers Hurts Processors, Farmers, Consumers, and Federal Market Order Pricing

Cotterill, Ronald W. - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2003

Fluid milk market orders are routinely criticized by many because they force consumers to pay higher fluid milk prices. The Northeast Dairy Compact was also attacked as a cartel that if eliminated would result in lower prices to consumers. The fluid milk processors through their trade group, the...

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