Retail milk prices have risen to reflect the increase in what dairy farmers have been getting for the product.
A gallon of low-fat milk sold for an average of $3.50 in Sacramento stores last month, according to the AC Nielsen market research company.
That compares with $2.75 in February 2009, when farm prices had plunged.
The retail price includes the farm price plus costs incurred by processors, truckers and grocers.
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