Pricing and Policy Problems in the Northeast Fluid Milk Industry

Ronald W. Cotterill
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Ronald W. Cotterill: University of Connecticut

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2006, vol. 35, issue 2, pages 239-250

Abstract: This article documents the need for reform of milk pricing in the Northeast. The New York price gouging law can be recast as a fair share law. This new milk policy “kills two birds with one stone.” It corrects regional inequities in raw milk pricing by reforming the pricing of milk at retail by limiting and redistributing excessive retail margins to farmers and consumers. The fair share policy relieves allocative price inefficiency, improves the performance of the federal milk market order pool, and improves the general performance of the Northeast dairy farming and fluid milk industries.

Keywords: market power; bargaining; over-order premiums; fair share pricing (search for similar items in EconPapers)

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