Tillamook County Creamery Assn., says that its decision to ask its farmers to forgo the use of artificial bovine growth hormone has led to an "aggressive intrusion" by Monsanto Corporation into the association's decision-making process.
Last month Tillamook issued a press release saying that it has spent nearly two years developing a policy requiring its dairy suppliers (most of them members of the cooperative) to stop using recombinant Bovine Somatotropin (rBST).