dairy margin protection program

House Ag Committee Chair Collin Peterson, Glenn Thompson of Pennsylvania, along with more than 70 Democratic and Republican colleagues wrote a letter last week to Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue.  They’re asking the secretary to make implementing the dairy provisions in the new farm bill a high priority.   T...

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack was in front of the Senate Agriculture Committee this week and heard many stories about the challenges facing the dairy industry.   Vilsack said, he’s doing all he can.   “I have spent every dime of credit that Congress has given me the permission to loan out. I have spent every d...