Dairy farmers could receive $300 million in financial aid from the U.S. Department of Agriculture if Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's (D-N.Y.) request to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue is answered.
A national dairy group and Midwestern cooperative have mixed feelings about the additional Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments that are being offered.
Because California produces almost a fifth of the nation’s milk, the impact of the order will cause ripples in the surface of milk prices from Los Angeles to Minneapolis and from Boston to Miami.
