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Cooperatives Working Together

| Updated: 09/02/2003

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Timeline:

September 2003 – Auditors visit farms interested in the herd-retirement program
August 2003 – Producers submit bids to be a part of the program
May 2003 – Walt Wosje hired to oversee plan
May 2003 – The NMPF approves CWT plan
March 2003–The National Milk Producers Federation initiates brain-storming effort to increase milk prices

Headlines:

Third leg to start Dec. 1
Dairies make plans to ship CWT-sponsored dairy cattle (10/1/2003)
CWT looks to remove 33,000 cows (9/16/2003)
Bidding ends for CWT program (8/29/2003)
CWT program starts August 1 (7/25/2003)
Scaled-down version of CWT launched (7/8/2003)
Scaled-down version of CWT proposed (7/1/2003)
CWT inching toward 80 percent compliance (6/11/2003)
"Campaign" under way to gain CWT support (6/6/2003)
Wosje to head CWT (5/30/2003)
Supply management program gets green light (5/12/2003)
NMPF to explore supply/demand program (3/21/2003)

Column:

At least we stepped up to the plate (5/7/2003)
Producers Federation plans to press ahead with its Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) initiative to boost milk prices.

Web site:
http://www.cwt.coop/

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