The U.S. Justice Department's investigation into alleged anticompetitive practices by Dairy Farmers of America Inc. has broadened. The Justice Department has hired Yale University to study DFA's Southeast network of dairy plants, milk bottlers and marketing agencies, according to a recent article from Associated Press.
Since the probe was made public at an August 5 meeting in Louisiana, investigators have expanded their investigation to include more than a dozen states. The Yale investigators are looking into how the cooperative could be split up, according to farmers who are fighting the expansion of DFA.