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Meeting with regional anti-poverty strategists at the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank in Duquesne, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack shrugged off mounting Congressional criticism of his farm programs while applauding local efforts to feed tens of thousands of hungry Pennsylvanians.
Flanked by his wife, Christie, Vilsack, a former Iowa governor, also told the planners that the federal government was prepared to spend heavily to prop up the price of milk but declined to say how much he thinks a Congress reeling from budget deficits should buy. With Pennsylvania dairy farmers now getting less than $1.25 for a gallon of milk -- below the cost of producing it -- producers predict more family firms will go bust without federal help.See the full content of this document
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Vilsack Confident Farm Programs Will Help Pennsylvania
Agreeing that it was a "stressful time" for dairy farmers, Vilsack, 59, who grew up in Squirre...
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