AGRI: US Senate Votes to Prevent COW TAX !

One worry for area farmers was laid to rest last week with the passage of the US Senate's Interior Appropriations bill. It included a proposal, introduced by Sen. Charles Schumer and others, to prevent a COW TAX. The proposal came in response to a HAIR-BRAINED idea floated by EPA to require dairy farmers to purchase expensive permits for beef and dairy cows because they emit methane, a greenhouse gas. According to the same article, farmers were paid about $12.45 for one hundred pounds of milk in August. This was more than $7 less than a year ago. (www.thedailystar.com)