$39 milk in January? USDA Secretary is worried that a dysfunctional Congress might actually let it happen

摘要

As CRAZY as it sounds, there is a chance that producer milk prices could double - or more — at the start of 2013. The reason why is the 1949 Agricultural Act and the do nothing, oppose everything Congress of 2012. Tick... tick... tick. Time is running out fast on what USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack thinks would be a Medusa-headed disaster for U.S. milk producers if a new farm bill is not passed by December 31. A few concerns are domestic dairy product sales, foreign exports, government spending and public opinion about the dairy industry.