News Source: The Boston Globe
| 2 months ago
Vt.— Vermont's two U.S. senators are hailing an agreement that is expected to bring $350 million in new federal aid to dairy farmers. Senators Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders say the money will help to address dire circumstances for Vermont's...
News Source: Reuters
| 2 months ago
President Barack Obama on Wednesday will announce a plan to spend $5 billion to create new jobs during a visit to the National Institutes of Health, the White House said. The funds will come from the $787 billion economic stimulus package. (...
News Source: Reuters
| 2 months ago
House and Senate negotiators agreed on $350 million in U.S. aid to dairy farmers who face the lowest farm-gate milk price in decades, a key senator announced on Wednesday. Wisconsin Sen. Herb Kohl said $60 million would be used to purchase dairy...
News Source: Star Tribune
| 2 months ago
Amid a crisis of low milk prices and mounting losses in dairy country, lawmakers in Congress are fashioning a $350 million emergency aid package aimed at helping struggling milk farmers. Secretive talks on Capitol Hill have produced a tentative...