Minnesota dairy farmers who lost a market for their milk when contracts with Grassland Dairy Products Inc. were terminated following the release of new Canadian dairy price regulations have reached an agreement with new buyers. Congressman Tim Walz says he and Minnesota’s Congressional delegation wrote the President about the problem. Minnesota Milk Producers Association Executive Director Lucas Sjostrom says the solution lies in finding additional markets for Minnesota’s milk.

He says the cancelling of the contracts came due to Canada’s dairy pricing system and their processors not accepting ultra-filtered milk from the U.S. used mostly in cheese.

Sjostrom says Minnesota needs more processors and outside factors are keeping that from happening.

According to Grassland’s Vice President of Business Development, the decision to cancel the Minnesota contracts impacted one million pounds of milk per day. Representative Walz and the Minnesota Congressional delegation are urging the Administration to negotiate with Canada an immediate hold on their national dairy policy.