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Some Dairy Farmers Embrace Supply Management
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Vermont’s congressional delegation wants to help stabilize dairy prices by controlling the supply of milk produced around the country. The legislation unveiled this week is the latest of many attempts to overhaul a complex milk pricing system. The bill’s backers say it will be tough to get it through.VPR News
Senators Back Dairy Supply Management
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Vermont’s two U.S. senators are backing legislation that would stabilize dairy prices through a system designed to curb over-production of milk.VPR News
Farmers Advocate For Supply Management
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Milk prices paid to dairy farmers are creeping upwards, providing some hope that Vermont will lose fewer farms than predicted this year. But experts say any price relief will be short-lived. So a group of local dairy farmers is trying to get Congress to overhaul dairy legislation as part of the 2012 farm bill.VPR News
Dairy Farmer Says Industry Must Change
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Vermont lost 52 dairy farms last year. Farmers were struggling with low milk prices long before this economic downturn. But they’re also affected by the economy around them. VPR’s Mitch Wertlieb speaks iwth Onan Whitcomb of the North Williston Cattle Company.VPR News
Vilsack Meets With Dairy Farmers
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US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack visited Vermont over the weekend. He attended three meetings, addressing the concerns of dairy farmers from throughout the region. Top on the list was the need for a change in the way milk is priced.VPR News
Vilsack To Meet With Vermont Farmers
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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will visit Vermont this weekend to meet with dairy farmers.VPR News
Voices in the week’s news: December 18, 2009
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These were some of the voices in the week’s news.VPR News
Aid To Dairy Farmers Is Released
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Vermont dairy farmers are finally going to get emergency financial assistance from Washington.VPR News