Cooperatives Working Together has implemented its third herd retirement program for this year. The two week window for submitted bids ends October 15, and includes a bred heifer option. Once the bid selection process is completed, farm audits should begin the first week of November and be completed by early December. Producers whose bids were selected in previous herd retirements will not be eligible to bid again.
Producers wishing to submit bids must have been members of CWT, either through their membership in a CWT member cooperative or as an individual, effective January 2009. The maximum bid CWT will consider is $5.25 per hundredweight of milk. CWT will select bids beginning with the lowest bid with consistent milk production. Jim Tillison, CWT's Chief Operating Officer, cautions that given budgetary considerations, there is no guarantee that every producer submitting a bid up to the maximum bid level will be accepted.
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