Updated at 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 28, 2006
State OKs hike in Big Island wholesale milk price
Advertiser Staff
The Board of Agriculture today gave preliminary approval to increase the wholesale price of Big Island milk by about 26 cents a gallon. Big Island dairies are seeking an increase in the wholesale price to $2.54 a gallon to account for rising labor, feed and insurance costs.The proposed hike now goes up for a public hearing on the Big Island then must be cleared by the attorney general, the Small Business Regulatory Review Board and the governor. A date for the hearing has not yet been set.
