PROGRESSIVE AGRICULTURE
ORGANIZATION WILL SPONSOR BUS TRIP TO
Officials of the Progressive Agriculture
Organization (Pro Ag) announced today that they are sponsoring a bus trip to
Arden Tewksbury, Manager of Pro Ag, said that
various meetings are being scheduled with officials from different departments
within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and other federal
agencies including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The group will be meeting with Senator Arlen
Specter (D-PA) and several other elected officials. The thrust of the meetings
will center on gaining additional support for “The Federal Milk Marketing
Improvement Act of 2009,” (S-1645), often referred to as the “Specter-Casey
Dairy Bill.”
Also, the Pro Ag people will be cooperating with
the National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) in an attempt to gain support for
implementing an emergency floor price under all classes of milk. Tewksbury said,
“Although February’s milk price in Order #1 came in at $16.30 per cwt, dairy
farmers’ milk that is currently being produced during the month of March in
Order #1 will fall way below $16.00 per cwt.”
Dennis Boyanowski, President of Pro Ag said,
“Dairy farmers have had enough of this. Something meaningful has to be done
and done soon to correct these pricing
inequities.”
Dairy farmers everywhere are desperate. It is
critical that immediate action be taken to improve farm milk prices paid to all
dairy farmers.
If anyone is interested in making the trip to
PRO AG can be reached at 570-833-5776 or by e-mail
at: progressiveagricultureorg@gmail.com