OPINION The “Federal Milk Marketing Improvement Act,” S-1640, is the only bill that supports the foundation of the dairy industry – our small family farms. Historically farm bills have been well-lobbied for by processors and retail interests with money that should have been paid to producers. That interferes with the rights of family farms to receive enough money to cover their costs to produce milk and build their businesses for future generations of farmers.
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