The findings of a five-month long study commissioned by California Dairies, Inc. (CDI), Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. (DFA), and Land O’Lakes, Inc. (LOL) indicate that a properly written federal milk marketing order for California would provide a regulatory structure that would potentially result in higher farm gate prices, which would benefit California dairy farm families. The three cooperatives, representing approximately 80 percent of the milk produced in California, collectively funded the comprehensive modeling study to examine the issues and benefits of replacing the California state milk marketing order with a federal milk marketing order. …