Dean Foods settlement to pay farmers

Posted on December 13, 2010 |

• Vermont
• agriculture
• dairy

By Andrea Suozzo

BURLINGTON — Some Vermont dairy farmers may soon see some financial relief following a proposed $30 million court settlement by the Dean Foods Company.

The Texas-based dairy processing giant is one of two defendants in a class-action antitrust lawsuit brought by farmers in the Northeast in May. The farmers, who filed the case in the U.S.

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