Schumer completes 62 county tour with Washington County

Posted at: 12/16/2012 12:40 PM
By: Cadence Acquaviva

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SALEM, N.Y. (AP) - Sen. Charles Schumer completes his annual visits to all 62 New York state counties with a stop at a Washington County dairy farm where he'll call on the House to pass the farm bill.

Schumer says Sunday that House action on the bill is needed by Jan. 1 to avoid what he calls the "dairy cliff." He says the farm bill would bring back federal assistance that compensates dairy producers when milk prices fluctuate and feed costs jump.

The Senate-passed farm bill would temporarily bring back the Milk Income Loss Contract program for over 5,400 dairy farms in Upstate New York.

Schumer says the program provided over $41 million to New York dairy farmers in 2012 before the 2008 farm bill expired on Sept. 30.

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