22 Jun 2020 --- US dairy groups are urging the government to prevent the EU from using future intervention practices to dispose of its publicly stockpiled milk products at discounted prices in international markets. The organizations cite new economic analysis outlining the “serious impact” of the EU’s Skim Milk Powder (SMP) Intervention Program on the US dairy industry – particularly to US farm-gate milk prices – for the years 2016 to 2019.
