Dairy Farmers

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DAIRY FARMERS URGE EMERGENCY MEASURES IN STIMULUS PACKAGE

Milk Price Collapse Leaves Dairy Farmers Confronting Greatest Crisis Since
the Depression

 
Washington D.C. (January 29, 2009) – With dairy prices collapsing by over
$5 for February, one of the largest drops in 50 years, dairy farmers are
confronting their worst crisis since the Great Depression. The Dairy
Subcommittee of the National Family Farm Coalition, representing dairy
farmers from across the country, today sent an urgent letter to Congress
asking for emergency measures to be taken in the economic stimulus package
and to ensure some of the benefits go to rural America. Paul Rozwadowski, a
Wisconsin dairy farmer and chair of the NFFC Dairy Subcommittee, said,