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A Pennsylvania dairy regulator on Wednesday submitted its final rule that would require buyers to give 90 days’ notice before canceling a dairy farm’s contract. The state regulatory review board will consider the rule on June 17, Milk Marketing Board counsel Doug Eberly said. The current minimum notice for a processor to drop a farm is 28 days. The board began working on the regulation in 2018 following a petition from the Pennsylvania Ag Department. Dean Foods shed contracts with 42 dairies in the state that year. Though the company gave 90 days’ notice, longer than was requir...

Farm Progress file photo DEAN'S DEBACLE: If you got a letter asking you to pay up as a result of the Dean Foods bankruptcy, don’t pay it. Go on the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board website and fill out a declaration letter stating that you got paid during the ordinary course of business. An avoidance claim declaration letter can prove that you got paid during the ordinary course of business. If you got a letter demanding money as a result of the Dean Foods bankruptcy, don’t pay it. Your best bet is to fill out an avoidance claim declaration as soon as possible.