PRINTER'S NO. 1903
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
403
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY AUMENT, BAKER, MARTIN, ARGALL, BARTOLOTTA, BROOKS,
BREWSTER, SABATINA, EICHELBERGER, SCARNATI, GREENLEAF,
BROWNE, VULAKOVICH, GORDNER, SCHWANK, FOLMER, KILLION,
RAFFERTY, RESCHENTHALER, WHITE, BLAKE AND WARD, JUNE 20, 2018
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, JUNE 20, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of June 2018 as "Dairy Month" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Dairy farming is a major part of Pennsylvania's
agriculture and overall economy, generating $14.7 billion of
economic activity annually; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania ranks fifth nationally in milk
production, and the State's 525,000 cows produce more than 10.8
billion pounds of milk annually, supporting more than 52,000
jobs across this Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, In 2016, this Commonwealth lost 120 dairy farms, and
1,200 dairy farms have been lost overall since 2012; and
WHEREAS, The retail price of milk has decreased by 50% since
2014; and
WHEREAS, According to a survey conducted by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, the number of Pennsylvania high
school students reporting that they did not drink any milk at
all in the seven days before the survey has been steadily
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