41.   Charles Knight, a dairy farmer from Florida, reported similar problems.

42.   Compact allows New England dairy farmers to set prices above market rate.

43.   Congress was reminded of dairy farmers rising at dawn to make sure city mothers have fresh milk for their children.

44.   Consumer groups, processors, and Midwest dairy farmers joined to kill the compact.

45.   Consumer groups and Midwestern dairy farmers say a compact would erect trade barriers to cheaper milk from outside the region.

46.   Cornwall dairy farmer John Roberts, however, said he is worried.

47.   Critics point out that this is not the first time the Agriculture Department has sided with dairy farmers over consumers.

48.   Currently, a federal milk market administrator establishes the price that New England dairy farmers receive for their milk.

49.   Currently, a federal milk market administrator sets the price that New England dairy farmers receive for their milk using price information from unregulated markets in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

50.   Dairy farmers applauded the effort Thursday, even though runoff from their farms has been blamed for fouling salmon streams.