1.   Dairy farmers always complain about the federal dairy program, but consumer groups say milk drinkers ought to complain, too.

2.   House Speaker Newt Gingrich has promised lawmakers will alter dairy programs, possibly reducing minimum price floors regionally, after Thanksgiving.

3.   Last night, lawmakers struggled but failed to reach a compromise on dairy programs.

4.   No farm program took deeper cuts in the Senate than the dairy program.

5.   Rep. Thomas Petri, R-Fond du Lac, introduces a radical plan to eliminate the dairy program.

6.   Speaker Newt Gingrich said he would try again, after Thanksgiving, to change the dairy program.

7.   The leaders told them to leave the dairy program unchanged.

8.   The next action on dairy programs is expected to come late this month, when the House returns from a February recess and considers farm legislation.

9.   These days, the dairy program is the largest agricultural marketing effort of its kind.

10.   They included increased funding for food stamps and a dairy program.