MONTPELIER, Vt. — Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is joining colleagues from Maine and Minnesota in calling for a review of minimum federal dairy price supports, given sharply increasing expenses on the farm.
Sanders joined Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine, as well as Al Franken of Minnesota in asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture to review its floor price for raw milk.
The senators point to rising production costs on the farm, including sharply higher prices for the corn that goes into animal feed. Corn reserves are at a 15-year low, which is attributed to drought conditions in many areas.
The letter questions whether farmers can stay in business under such conditions.
They should also be in Washington DC working on the countries problems. Milk prices are just a small drop in the bucket compared to some of the larger issues ficing this nation.
Buy “real” raw milk from your local farmers, stop giving money to the middlemen.
Oh boy more of our tax dollars being given out.
gallon raw freash milk here in maine . l got for 5.00 gallon. all of sudden up it goes to 7.00 gallon. more than reg milk they sell in store. so whats up with that . sure not rich belive me. raw milk is so much better for any one.
who can afford to go a farm, where they sell fresh milk daily. when it was5.00 gallon and all of sudden it took 2.00 jump big time. didnt mine the 5.00 but man this so far out . this what some of the maine farmers are getting . have no clue what olympia snowe and susan collins did in vermont for farmers in maine or other states for raw milk price. l think it way to much in paying $7.00 gallon for it. l had to stop buying due to high cost it took jump from $5.00 to $7.00
all the farmers around here in maine that l know , dont feed them corn or grain. only shop cut corn when time to harvast . other wise they dont get it for fews out of the yr. plus most are eating hay for there meal 3 x day . green grass in summer. also they take septic crap and mixed in with cow ,crap and spread on fields all over the place. its enough gag maget trust me. then grass grows and cut and cows get it . nice isnt it. then they wonder why people and so much bugs in our land come from out of nowhere. we the people cant say one theing. if the town except there they go drving on the ground soon fields are all done cutting , and when the corn is cut in fall. wonder why people cant breath right .
wonder how they like if one the crap truck drop load in washington dc and say sorry like or leave
or in parts of maine like at augusta state building , go out side and say speach while they sitting there all line up./ see how fast the cops will remove , and gaging at that . it s worst that shunk trust me
stays for days