Money | dairy Dairy Farmers Going Udders Up Economy slams cow tenders By Kevin Spak Posted Jan 12, 2009 4:48 PM CST Copied Selma Lozoya checks stocks of milk, yogurt and fruit juices at Los Compoadres Market, which has a good variety of healthful food available, in South Los Angeles Friday, Aug. 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon) Dairy farmers are struggling to survive in the face of huge drops in the price they get for milk, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Though grocery store prices have stayed relatively constant, farmers are now getting just $10 for each hundred pounds of milk they sell, down from $20 in June. It costs the farmers $19.20 to produce that amount. “Not a single farm in California is going to be able to pay its bills this month with their milk,” said one dairy farmer, predicting that 5-10% of farms would close. Many farmers want the government to pay more for the surplus milk it buys to help farmers weather hard times. After all, reasons one farm representative, “You can’t just turn the cows off.” Read These Next Trump, Johnson aren't happy with pick for Super Bowl headliner. It's being called a disturbing trend: paragliders with bombs. Feds cite ChatGPT evidence in arrest of Palisades Fire suspect. Felix Baumgartner's death attributed to his own error. Report an error