date:Oct 18, 2012
this year, an old permanent law would take effect. The Congressional Research Service says the government would be mandated to set crop and milk prices at parity the purchasing power of those crops in 1910-1914, when, according to a 1930s study, a farmers earning power and purchasing power were equal.
MILC, and other dairy support programs, have prevented imposition of parity. But it could be imposed in 2013 if a new farm bill isnt passed.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said that cou