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birdwatcher) wrote2006-02-19 10:18 am
birdwatcher) wrote2006-02-19 10:18 am
The Regulators
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Hein Hettinga is a dairy farmer but he doesn't spend his days milking cows. Rather, Hettinga keeps a cell phone pressed to his ear to keep tabs on his empire of 15 dairy farms stretching from California to west Texas.
By controlling all stages of production, Hettinga says he can produce milk so efficiently that he and his customers can make a hefty profit at dirt-cheap prices.
USDA records show an average dairy farmer in Arizona was losing annual revenue of $11,000 to $17,000 because of Hettinga. "It is resulting in other dairy farmers having to suffer for the operations of the producer handlers," Coale said.
Major dairy cooperatives and milk processors successfully persuaded federal regulators to write new rules that would prohibit the business practices that Hettinga has so successfully put in place.
The regulations are expected to be approved, in part because cooperatives can vote as a bloc, virtually ensuring that a dominant cooperative -- such as Dairy Farmers of America -- can control the vote.
Hein Hettinga is a dairy farmer but he doesn't spend his days milking cows. Rather, Hettinga keeps a cell phone pressed to his ear to keep tabs on his empire of 15 dairy farms stretching from California to west Texas.
By controlling all stages of production, Hettinga says he can produce milk so efficiently that he and his customers can make a hefty profit at dirt-cheap prices.
USDA records show an average dairy farmer in Arizona was losing annual revenue of $11,000 to $17,000 because of Hettinga. "It is resulting in other dairy farmers having to suffer for the operations of the producer handlers," Coale said.
Major dairy cooperatives and milk processors successfully persuaded federal regulators to write new rules that would prohibit the business practices that Hettinga has so successfully put in place.
The regulations are expected to be approved, in part because cooperatives can vote as a bloc, virtually ensuring that a dominant cooperative -- such as Dairy Farmers of America -- can control the vote.