‘A lot of people are doing what they can to hang on’ Mark Kusniesz walks past the idling trucks parked next to Frank’s Feed Mill in Casco and into the building.

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Joe Sestak (PA-07) announced the founding of the Congressional Dairy Farmers Caucus- a Congressional advocacy organization that will work to address the needs of our nation’s dairy farmers who are now facing their worst financial crisis in 30 years.

U.S. Senators who represent farm states, have been told by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack that the USDA has agreed to raise the price support for dairy products as a first step to relieve hard-pressed dairy farmers across the nation. During a meeting to discuss how to address the plummeting milk prices, Vilsack said he’s working with the Office of Management and Budget to temporarily increase the dairy price support program in order to help restore farm level prices, as well as producers’ ability to produce basic cash flow for their operations.