FrieslandCampina is the main company in the Netherlands; its member farmers receive a so-called guaranteed price that is based on the monthly trend in the published milk prices of some North European benchmark reference companies, regardless of the performance of FrieslandCampina. However, because the...
rely on supply controls to buttress price support regimes that would raise market prices of these basic farm commodities above existing levels. A change in farm policy along these lines could restrict production and prove to be broadly disruptive ...