Much of agriculture is celebrating a win with the passage of the Big, Beautiful Bill, and with the legislation now signed into law, the dairy industry is renewing its focus on issues still left unsolved by the legislation.
Alan Bjerga with the National Milk Producers Federation spoke with RFD-TV’s Suzanne Alexander about the dairy industry’s focus on the bill, the Whole Milk For Healthy Kids Act, and the “skinny” Farm Bill.
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