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Burlington, Vt. - December 31 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today announced that $5.7 million in emergency support to more than 1,000 Vermont dairy farmers has been released. The assistance, coming at a time when dairy farmers have experienced the lowest prices in 40 years, is part of a $350 million dairy assistance measure sponsored by [...]
Washington, D.C. - Dec. 17, 2009 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the implementation of the new Dairy Economic Loss Assistance Payment (DELAP) program. The 2010 Agricultural Appropriations Bill authorizes $290 million for loss assistance payments to eligible dairy producers.
The assistance is part of a $350 million dairy assistance measure Congress approved after Sen. [...]
St. Albans, Vt. – A crowd of over 150 gathered Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009, at St. Albans City Hall in St. Albans, Vt. for the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing: “Crisis on the Farm: The State of Competition and Prospects for Sustainability in the Northeast Dairy Industry,” hosted by Senator Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. and Senator Bernie [...]
Washington, D.C. – The National Farmers Union joined by U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Robert Casey, Jr., D-Pa., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Tom Udall, D-N.M., and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) today backed legislation to support dairy farmers.
The Senate in August passed Sanders’ amendment to the agriculture appropriations bill to provide an extra [...]
WASHINGTON, August 4 – The Senate today voted 60 to 37 for an amendment by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to provide an extra $350 million for milk price supports to increase government purchases of surplus dairy products.
Reducing supply will result in higher prices for dairy farmers desperate for help as they cope with the lowest [...]
