Scores of Dairy Farmers in NY & PA Rally in Support of the Federal Milk Marketing Improvement Act of 2009

Federal Milk Marketing Improvement Act of 2009 (S. 889)

This story is from The Evening Tribune.

A group of more than 150 dairy farmers, their family members, a handful of local officials, farmer union leaders and Congressman Eric Massa, D-29, addressed the audience and talked about the act. The proposed legislation [Federal Milk Marketing Improvement Act of 2009]...would change the amount farmers are paid for milk to the national average cost of production, eliminate reference to the Chicago Mercantile exchange in determining milk prices paid to dairy farmers...