The executive director of the Texas Association of Dairymen says the state’s processing capacity is maxed out to the point farmers’ income will be impacted if there’s too much milk production growth this year.
“We’re really in a situation where we have too much milk going forward, and we have put in a tiered pricing program for some of the cooperatives in the state trying to limit some production going forward.”
Darren Turley tells Brownfield the state’s largest dairy cooperatives, Dairy Farmers of America and Select Milk Producers, have started a program that when instigated will pay farmers 90 percent for their production and discount additional milk to discourage overproduction for the next two years.
