Panel Recommends Assistance for Maryland Farmers
posted 11:39 am Wed October 31, 2007 - Annapolis, Md.
The Maryland Dairy Emergency Fund would provide farmers with financial assistance during times of economic hardship due to depressed milk prices. The Maryland Dairy Industry Oversight and Advisory Council also recommends that the state pass a law prohibiting sales of fluid milk in Maryland at prices below cost.
The recommendations in the panel's first annual report are aimed at preserving an industry in decline due to higher milk production per cow, slowing growth in demand and competition from lower-cost production areas.
Latest Comment on Panel Recommends Assistance for Maryland Farmers
ruraldweller
6:26 am on 11/01/07
DEPRESSED MILK PRICES!!!!
You hav'nt been to the store lately have ya son?
I am firmly behind the farm community , but damn, what about the middle man in this.....thier the ones jacking up the prices.....
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