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The Possible Competitive Position Of Utah Milk Concentrate On Selected Western Markets, Richard S. Magleby
The Possible Competitive Position Of Utah Milk Concentrate On Selected Western Markets, Richard S. Magleby
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
During the last two decades, Utah's market milk industry has changed from one of local processing and distribution by small-scale plants to one of state-wide distribution by large-scale dairies. At present, four large producer cooperatives control most of the state's market milk and six large processing plants accounts for more than 80 percent of the state's fluid milk sales.
Along with centralized processing and distribution has also come some centralization of production. Statistics recently published by Utah State University show that in 1957, 56 percent of the market milk produced in the state came from the five counties of Cache, …