Big Changes For Dairy Farmers?

New Act In Farm Bill Gets Mixed Reviews

Posted: July 24, 2012

Thelma Witmer of Hinton fills up two nursing bottles that will be used for weaning calves as she milks Holstein dairy cows inside the milking room at the Rohrer Brothers Dairy on Shoreshill Road near Clover Hill on Monday. (Photos by Justin Falls / DN-R)
Thelma Witmer of Hinton (back left) gets some help from Hunter Yoder, 11, of Mathias, WV, as they milk Hostein dairy cows inside the milking room at the Rohrer Brothers Dairy farm on Shoreshill Road near Clover Hill on Monday.
Thelma Witmer of Hinton hooks up a milking machine to one of 10 Hostein dairy cows inside the milking room at the Rohrer Brothers Dairy farm on Shoreshill Road near Clover Hill on Monday.

HARRISONBURG — Many local dairy farmers are waiting with bated breath to see what type of farm bill will come out of Congress, and when.

A new supply management provision written into both...



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