11.   But the farmers, who complain that milk prices are as low as a decade ago, are unlikely to be satisfied with anything short of the price increase.

12.   But the powerful dairy industry will get off without a nick, retaining the bizarre system that keeps milk prices high, especially in the Northeast.

13.   Daschle opposes continuing the compact, which allows Northeast dairy farmers to set regional milk prices.

14.   Dairy farmers have been protesting in Washington about low milk prices.

15.   Even so, milk prices for all are affected by cheese and butter prices as traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

16.   Even without the drought, milk prices usually rise in Florida during the summer because humidity causes milk production to fall.

17.   For most families, the outcome of a battle in Congress over milk prices will mean just a few cents a week at the supermarket counter.

18.   For most of last year, milk prices paid to farmers were up sharply.

19.   For years, a nationwide controversy raged over whether use of the hormone would detract from the quality of milk or reduce milk prices because of the enlarged supply.

20.   Harshbarger said those groups need to be insulated from higher milk prices.