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Committee hears dairy concerns: wet planting, rising prices, and theft of 17 heifers
Summary
Committee heard updates from S. Klein on delayed planting and mold risk, a projected milk price of about $20 per cwt this summer, and a WCJW report of 17 heifers stolen from an Oakfield dairy; members also discussed a 15-cent per cwt state milk marketing assessment.
S. Klein briefed the committee on local dairy-industry conditions, reporting that wet weather has delayed planting and raised mold concerns for growers.
Klein told the committee that milk prices are on the rise and were anticipated by the committee to reach about $20 per hundredweight (cwt) by summer. The minutes also record a WCJW report of 17 heifers stolen from an Oakfield dairy; the minutes state those calves can be traced by DNA. Separately, the minutes record a brief conversation about Megan Burley’s disagreement with New York State Agriculture & Markets’ $0.15 per cwt milk marketing-order assessment, which funds dairy promotion and market research in the state.
The minutes do not record specific county actions in response to these updates; they are informational items recorded under the Dairy Industry agenda heading.
