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Farm News: Dairy Farmers Plan Their Own FireworkscommentsPosted: 06.16.2010 A grassroots effort is underway for a 4th of July Milk Dump to get U.S. lawmaker’s attention to the financial plight of dairy farmers, organized by West Winfield, New York dairy producers Dave and Robin Fitch. Robin Fitch told DairyLine “We have been suffering in the dairy industry for over a year and a half now with the lowest of lows” (milk prices). Fitch said officials told her there was no hope for change until the 2012 Farm Bill but dairy farmers across the country are expressing support for the Milk Dump effort, which is not being organized by any particular farm group. She added that the effort is not just for farmers but for consumers as well who “want safe quality food that is produced in our country.”
Milk dumps in the past have garnered headlines but have not successfully achieved change in police or prices but Fitch argued; “We can all sit at our tables and we can talk and we can complain but until we do something, nothing is going to change so it is up to the farmer to take back their independence and make the stand that we need to do something to make a change.” For more information, call Dave or Robin at 315-822-5093 or email to fitchrnd@yahoo.com.
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