US judge in Vt. considering dairy settlement

But U.S. District Court Judge Christina Reiss says she may defer a decision on a portion of the settlement that would require Dean Foods of Dallas to change its milk-buying practices in the region for 30 months.The agreement is to settle a civil, antitrust class-action lawsuit filed by some dairy farmers who claim that Dean Foods worked to reduce prices paid to milk producers.Also mentioned in the original suit was the cooperative Dairy Farmers of America and its marketing

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