United States
to Milk Pricing
Department of
Agriculture
Report to
Congress
July 2004
Economic Effects of
U.S. Dairy Policy and
Alternative Approaches
Acknowledgments
The study was coordinated by Don Blayney and Mary Anne Normile of
USDA’s Economic Research Service. The coordinators gratefully acknowl
edge the contributions of David Anderson, Texas A&M University; Joseph
Balagtas, University of California-Davis; Scott Brown, University of
Missouri; Oral Capps, Texas A&M University; Tom Cox, Bob Cropp and
Hooman Dabidia, University of Wisconsin; Thomas Fiddaman, Ventana
Systems, Inc; Ken Hanson, USDA, ERS; Hal Harris, Clemson University;
Ron Knutson, Texas A&M University; James Miller, USDA, ERS; Mitch
Morehart, USDA, ERS; Charles Nicholson, Cornell University; Victor
Oliveira, USDA, ERS; Joe Outlaw, Texas A&M University; J. Michael
Price, USDA, ERS; James Richardson, Texas A&M University; Robert
Schwart, Texas A&M University; Sara Short, USDA, ERS; Mark
Stephenson, Cornell University; Daniel Sumner, University of California-
Davis; and Cameron Thraen, Ohio State University. The authors express
sincere thanks to Mary Bohman, USDA, ERS; Dan Colacicco, USDA, FSA;
Neilson Conklin, USDA, ERS; Ralph Dutrow, USDA, FAS; Anne Effland,
USDA, ERS; Bruce Gardner, University of Maryland; Larry Hamm,
Michigan State University; Jay Hirschman, USDA, FNS; James Johnson,
USDA, ERS; Jeff Kahn, USDA, OGC; Paul Kiendl, USDA, FAS; Milton
Madison, USDA, FSA; Lynn Maish, USDA/OBPA; Alden Manchester,
(retired) USDA, ERS; Jim MacDonald, USDA, ERS; Howard McDowell,
USDA, AMS; John Mengel, USDA, AMS; James Miller, USDA, ERS;
Janet Perry, USDA, ERS; Larry Salathe, USDA, OCE; Scott Steele, USDA,
OBPA; Richard Stillman, USDA, ERS; Daniel Sumner, University of Cali-
fornia-Davis for their valuable review comments; to Chris Dicken, Lou
King, and Anne Pearl, USDA, ERS, for editorial and design assistance; and
to Coco Clayton, Lewrene Glaser, Agnes Prentice, and LaVerne Creek,
USDA, ERS, for their work to produce