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Derrick Van Orden: “Wisconsin is losing about one dairy farm a day.”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Rep. Van Orden Poses WI-03 Farmer Questions to Secretary Vilsack in HAC Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 04:22

Okay. And then the Wisconsin farm bureau would like us to highlight the change in dairy pricing for me has negatively affected dairy farmers across the country. And Wisconsin is losing about one dairy farm a day. Many of my constituents are asking the USDA to use their emergency powers to change the dairy pricing formula from the average of to the higher of. (04:22–04:25)

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Asserts the rate of dairy farm closures in Wisconsin.

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