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Posted: 3:46 AM Mar 27, 2009
New Plan Helps Farmers, Low-Income Families
The Agriculture Department has some good news for dairy farmers in Wisconsin and elsewhere in the nation.
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(AP) -- The Agriculture Department has some good news for dairy farmers in Wisconsin and elsewhere in the nation.
It's releasing 200 million pounds of nonfat dry milk in storage to feeding programs for low-income families in a move also designed to help dairy producers.
The decision could create more of a market for dairy products if the government decides to refill its milk inventories, which should help maintain higher prices for milk products.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the goal is to increase support for low-income families and help dairy farmers dealing with high feed costs and low dairy prices.
The nonfat dry milk was acquired under a government price support program.
Jerry Kozak of the National Milk Producers Federation says it's an important first step to use USDA resources to help address the economic crisis facing dairy farmers.
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