Friday, March 30, 2007

Getting high with milk

Milk prices expected to rise 9 percent (AP)

2% milk is sits in its crate in the cooler before being shipped at Harrisburg Dairies in Harrisburg, Pa., Wednesday, March 28, 2007. Dairy economists predict the retail price of milk could rise as much as 30 cents per gallon, a 9 percent increase, by fall. The rising prices will be spurred in large part by increasing fuel and feed costs incurred by dairy farmers and a growing global demand for milk products, the economists say.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - Dairy economists predict the retail price of milk could rise as much as 30 cents per gallon — a 9 percent jump — by fall. The reasons include rising fuel and feed costs for farmers and increasing demand for milk products around the globe.


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