S*0748 Concurrent Resolution, By Land and I.E. Lourie
 A Concurrent Resolution to memorialize Congress and the Secretary of the
 United States Department of Agriculture to act to assist dairy farmers in
 obtaining a fair price for their milk and in preventing unnecessary financial
 hardships to the farmers.

   03/12/91  Senate Introduced SJ-5
   03/12/91  Senate Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural
                     Resources SJ-6
   03/28/91  Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment
                     Agriculture and Natural Resources SJ-9
   04/02/91  Senate Amended SJ-20
   04/02/91  Senate Adopted, sent to House SJ-20
   04/03/91  House  Introduced HJ-4
   04/03/91  House  Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial
                     Resolutions HJ-4
   04/23/91  House  Committee report: Favorable Invitations and
                     Memorial Resolutions HJ-233
   04/24/91  House  Adopted, returned to Senate with concurrence HJ-42

AMENDED

April 2, 1991

S. 748

S. Printed 5/7/91--S.

Read the first time March 12, 1991.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

TO MEMORIALIZE CONGRESS AND THE SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO ACT TO ASSIST DAIRY FARMERS IN OBTAINING A FAIR PRICE FOR THEIR MILK AND IN PREVENTING UNNECESSARY FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS TO THE FARMERS.

Amend Title To Conform

Whereas, the members of the General Assembly are concerned about the plight of South Carolina dairy farmers; and

Whereas, the General Assembly desires to encourage sound economic development through the state's dairy industry; and

Whereas, dairy farmers have been facing cuts in the prices they receive for their milk due primarily to a drop in the Minnesota-Wisconsin Base approved formula price for Class I milk under federal milk-marketing orders; and

Whereas, Section 103(c)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 requires the Secretary of Agriculture to review the formula price mechanism, referred to as the Minnesota-Wisconsin price series, and assess its viability in a report to Congress; and

Whereas, New York Congressman Walsh introduced H.R. 1494 which creates a national super-pooling of the milk price for all Grade A producers of milk which would generate a $1.25 increase per hundred weight in the price paid to dairy farmers; and

Whereas, additional emergency assistance may be necessary to enable financially strapped dairy farmers to stay in business. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

That the members of the General Assembly memorialize Congress and the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture to act by enacting H.R. 1494, investigating the availability of emergency funds for financially strapped dairy farmers, and endeavoring to provide available funding.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the members of the South Carolina Congressional delegation, Congressman E. de La Garza, Chairman of the United States House of Representatives Agriculture Committee, and Senator Patrick Leahy, Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.