NMPF says members of Congress should meet dairy farmers
August 06, 2012 | 08:55 PM
The National Milk Producers Federation today called on members of Congress to meet with dairy farmers during the August recess to discuss the need for a new five-year farm bill.
“We hope that members of Congress will take time to visit local dairy farms to experience up-close the challenges dairy farmers are facing and understand why it is so imperative to pass a five-year farm bill which includes a better safety net for farmers,” National Milk President and CEO Jerry Kozak said in a news release.
“We are approaching a crisis comparable to or worse than that of 2009, when dairy farmers lost $20 billion in equity and thousands of farmers went out of business.”
“We hope that members of Congress will take time to visit local dairy farms to experience up-close the challenges dairy farmers are facing and understand why it is so imperative to pass a five-year farm bill which includes a better safety net for farmers,” National Milk President and CEO Jerry Kozak said in a news release.
“We are approaching a crisis comparable to or worse than that of 2009, when dairy farmers lost $20 billion in equity and thousands of farmers went out of business.”
