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AUGUSTA - Broad bipartisan support allowed enactment Tuesday of the Maine milk-handling fee, an innovative program that provides a safety net for Maine's dairy industry.
Maine's proposal would assess a fee or tax on Maine vendors, not consumers, of about 5 cents per gallon of milk when the price paid to farmers drops below the federal level of $16 per hundredweight.See the full content of this document
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Maine Milk Fee Enacted Tuesday
The fee proposal could generate about $4 million a year.
Dairy experts across the country have been keeping an eye on Maine's program a...See the full content of this document
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