HARRISBURG, Pa. — Next year, Pennsylvania dairy farmers will look to renew the fight to change the state’s milk pricing system and end the issue of stranded premiums.
An effort to reform the state’s over-order premium failed to win passage in the state house and will not likely be acted upon by the end of the year.
Will reintroduce
Last month, Sen. Michael Brubaker, a Lancaster County Republican and chairman of the Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs committee, introduced legislation that would have closed a loophole in the over-order system, and return an estimated $16 million in stranded premiums back to farmers.
After a hearing on the bill during an Agriculture and Rural Affairs committee meeting, Brubaker agreed to continue to craft the legislation and reintroduce it in January.
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