Milk: Congress To Compromise on Prices
After close call, the agriculture committee reveals compromise so milk prices won't double in 2013, and we've included a list of current milk prices and specials at some Pikesville stores.
While Congress can't seem to agree on a compromise to avoid the "Fiscal Cliff," leadership of the agriculture committee announced a compromise on the farm bill Sunday. The compromise will keep milk prices from skyrocketing to $6 or $8 a gallon. In Pikesville, as of Monday, some of the prices range from $2.49 to $3.39 per gallon for most varieties: *Sources: Clerk at Trader Joe's, 1809 Reisterstown Road, and Pikesville Patch Grocery Specials feature. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Debbie Stabenow indicated that in addition to the one-year extension that has the backing of the committees, the House GOP is also considering two other extension bills — a one-month extension and an even smaller bill that would simply extend dairy policy …
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Steve
3:05 pm on Wednesday, January 2, 2013
I had to give up on it. I read an article on it one time and that was it for me. (same thing with Scrapple!).The Dairy producers have an interesting history. It's almost like a cabal in the way they can manipulate prices. One of my old roommates in college owns a dairy farm and he showed me how farm accounting works. Farmers always cry poor when in reality in some cases it can be much different. … more ›