11.   Like other U.K. dairy processors, Northern Foods has suffered from tougher competition after deregulation of the industry and demand fell for doorstep deliveries of milk.

12.   Like other U.K. dairy processors, Northern Foods has suffered from tougher competition after deregulation of the industry and as demand fell for doorstep deliveries of milk.

13.   Milk and other dairy processors, feed producers, abattoirs, beef producers and feed manufacturers would all be hit.

14.   The reason is equipment and the quality of the milk, says Rachel Kaldor, executive director of the Dairy Institute of California, which represents dairy processors.

15.   The Washington-based court rejected claims by dairy processors and distributors that the compact violates federal law.

16.   Three months later, he joined Dean Foods, a food and dairy processor, last December.

17.   Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said he and attorneys general from other New England states, including Massachusetts, are planning legal action against retailers and dairy processors.

18.   The deal announced today pairs the two biggest U.S. dairy processors.

19.   The deal announced Thursday pairs the two biggest U.S. dairy processors.

20.   The study also blames higher milk prices on a monopolization of dairy processors.