date:Feb 28, 2013
Sometime between now and Sept. 30, when the current extension of the farm law ends, Congress will decide your future in the dairy industry.
The two major dairy policy proposals before Congress agree that price supports are outdated and less than useful. Both seem to agree that dairy policy needs to move toward margin insurance. Virtually all of the debate has been on the merits and potential dangers of a market stabilization program, aka supply management.
The Dairy Security Act (now part of t