Walmart’s milk production hits farmers hard

Can we see Tesco's doing this in the UK?

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Being a dairy farmer is an utterly tough slog in the best of times. Now they have plenty more beef.

Declining consumption, increased production and lower prices in the face of increased costs have already hit dairy farmers hard in upstate New York and elsewhere.

Now they’re facing competition from the big box stores.

Walmart, in an apparent quest to dominate its supply chain, has started producing its own milk, a development that has prompted Texas-based Dean Foods to cancel contracts with more than 100 farmers in eight states.

The cancellation notices went out last month to farmers in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina. The contracts terminate on May 31.

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