date:Nov 19, 2012
e, in 2009 the federal government spent more than $1.3 billion to support the industry through the MILC program and other dairy support programs.
This year, lawmakers admitted that the complex web of direct payments and pricing cartels for dairy ought to be ended. But in true Washington fashion, theyre proposing to replace it all with something thats little better the Dairy Market Stabilization Program. Proponents of this scheme, which allows the feds to buy up surplus products, offer subsidiz