"Ann" wrote in message
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"cat daddy" expounded:

Yeah, Bush don't shop. A gallon of milk's up about a $1.50 over the
last
month here, which makes it about 1.5 times more expensive than gasoline.

Sorry for the side-track, but you've struck something that's been
bugging me. Could you please explain why Oakhurst Dairy milk is a
full dollar higher in Mass than it is in NH? No one else has an
explanation, other than that we're supposedly flush with money down
here in MA and they're poorer in NH. I guess eye roll

I read a bunch of stuff, and although nothing definitive, it's probably
due to dairy price supports, both on the federal and state level. New
Hampshire farmers tend to eschew the federal price supports, so there's some
other manipulation at work there. Maybe they're not too proud to take state
subsidies which keep the cost down.
It may just be they set the prices for what the market will bear, so
yeah, you rich Mass. people get to pay more for Maine milk.
Most of the news about Oakhurst Dairy was Monsanto suing them for
labeling their milk as "hormone free" and damaging Monsanto's chemical
business and reputation. Jeebus, it never ends....