PRINTER'S NO. 2021
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
403
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY SNYDER, ROZZI, BAKER, YOUNGBLOOD, PASHINSKI,
MILLARD, HICKERNELL, METZGAR, O'NEILL, CALTAGIRONE, BURNS,
CAUSER, HAHN, D. COSTA, KAUFFMAN, BOBACK, WARNER, WARREN,
DiGIROLAMO, DAVIS, PICKETT, SAINATO, WARD, KINSEY, DUSH,
SONNEY, SAYLOR, BIZZARRO, READSHAW, TOEPEL, SOLOMON, GROVE,
MENTZER, RYAN, FREEMAN, MURT, MARSICO, A. HARRIS, ROEBUCK,
DeLUCA, ORTITAY, SANKEY, HEFFLEY AND TALLMAN, JUNE 14, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 14, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of June 2017 as "Dairy Month" and "Dairy
Farmers Appreciation Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Agriculture is Pennsylvania's leading economic
driver and the dairy industry is the largest component of
Pennsylvania's agricultural economy; and
WHEREAS, Milk production alone contributes more than 35% of
all agricultural income and generates more than $5 billion in
revenue for Pennsylvania's economy; and
WHEREAS, More than 6,650 dairy farm families manage 525,000
cows that produce more than 10.9 billion pounds of the nation's
total supply of milk annually, ranking Pennsylvania fifth
nationally in milk production; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania's dairy manufacturers continue to be
among the nation's top producers of butter (second), cheese
(seventh) and low-fat ice cream (fourth); and
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