Now, state lawmakers and milk lobbyists elsewhere are rushing to follow New England's example. Arkansas, Louisiana and North Carolina have passed enabling legislation to form a Southeast compact, and similar bills are percolating in most of the rest of the Southern capitals. Farmers in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania are lobbying their state houses. But it seems that no amount of price regulation can save inefficient operations forever. In any case, the next regional dairy compact presented for congressional approval will undergo more scrutiny.
Some lawmakers are angry about the first one.
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