Tag: legislative
Mass. Dairy Farmers Urge State to Keep Tax Credit
According to a WOW report at telegram.com Mass. dairy farmers urge state to keep tax credit. “Dairy farmers voiced support for making the emergency dairy tax credit program a permanent part […]
6th Annual Joint Meeting
The Massachusetts Association of Dairy Farmers & The Massachusetts Dairy Promotion Board 6th Annual Joint Meeting Special thanks to our Annual Meeting Sponsors! A & B Insurance Agri-Mark, Inc. Crop […]
HOUSE TUCKS FARM WORKER POLICIES INTO MINIMUM WAGE BILL
By Andy Metzger STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, APRIL 1, 2014…..Many of the orchards and fields in Massachusetts are tended by workers from other countries through a federal […]
Bill Would Give Dairy Farmers Their Due
Richie Davis of the Recorder recently wrote: “A 30-year-old fund set up to protect dairy farmers from losing their milk payments if their processor goes belly up has been swelling […]
House Advances Bill to Reimburse Milk Farmers
Colleen Quinn of the State House News Service reported on OCT. 15, 2013, “Milk farmers could be reimbursed up to $20,000 from an insurance fund created during the Dukakis administration […]