Bill Aimed at Helping Dairy Farmers
Pennsylvania dairy farmers would get some help under legislation introduced today by the Commonwealth's senators.
Arlen Specter and Bob Casey say the Federal Milk Marketing Improvement Act of 2009 will help dairy farmers get a fair price for their milk.
Farmers are seeing prices as low as $10 and $11 for a hundredweight of milk – down from $24 per hundredweight in July.
The act would require that all milk produced in the United States be priced using a national average cost of production. The Secretary of Agriculture would be required to reassess milk price every quarter.
The bill has been referred to the Senate Committee on Agriculture.
You can read the proposed legislation HERE. (PDF)
Arlen Specter and Bob Casey say the Federal Milk Marketing Improvement Act of 2009 will help dairy farmers get a fair price for their milk.
Farmers are seeing prices as low as $10 and $11 for a hundredweight of milk – down from $24 per hundredweight in July.
The act would require that all milk produced in the United States be priced using a national average cost of production. The Secretary of Agriculture would be required to reassess milk price every quarter.
The bill has been referred to the Senate Committee on Agriculture.
You can read the proposed legislation HERE. (PDF)
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