Not only didn't the compact stop dairy farms from dying, it didn't even slow the rate of death. The reason is that revenue from the milk surtax is divvied up according to milk production. Small farms receive only a few thousand dollars a year, not nearly enough to make them economically viable. The rest has gone out of state, mostly to big-time dairy operations in Vermont and New York. The House of Representatives ought to waste no time getting on board.
Politicians often hear that their constituents are getting milked.
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