For Immediate Release
November 13, 2009
Contact: Kristin Crawford
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Brubaker Schedules Hearing to Discuss Milk Pricing 

HARRISBURG – Senator Mike Brubaker (R-36) has scheduled a hearing of the Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee to examine the current milk pricing structure to help struggling dairy farmers.

The hearing, scheduled for December 9 in Harrisburg, will focus on milk pricing transparency. Brubaker said that examining the current milk pricing structure will help the committee determine the steps necessary to help dairy farmers who have struggled through low prices for their product over the past year.

"I am hopeful that this hearing will help to determine where every penny of the $3.43 per gallon goes when consumers buy a gallon of milk," Brubaker said. "Examining the current pricing structure will help the committee determine what tools the state can provide to help dairy farmers help themselves."

The hearing is scheduled for December 9 from 1-4 p.m. in Hearing Room 1 of the North Office Building at the state Capitol in Harrisburg.