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On the recordSeptember 14, 2021
the 2018 Farm Bill change to the Class I mover resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in lost income for dairy farmers.
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic · New York

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Gillibrand discusses the financial impact of the Farm Bill on dairy farmers.

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