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	<description>We are Farmers, Fathers, Mothers, Daughters, Sons, community members and passionate advocates of the future of the Dairy Industry in America.</description>
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		<title>Stabilizing the dairy industy featured on Across the Fence on Monday!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, August 9th tune in to Across the Fence as Dairy Farmers Working Together members are interviewed and give an update to folks about the progress  being made through the grassroots effort to stabilize the dairy industry.  The show will air on WCAX at 12:10pm.
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		<link>http://www.dfwt.org/?p=515</link>
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		<title>Dairy leaders meet in Chicago to discuss study results</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Progress is steadily being made.  But it is our duty to be responsible to the industry, and to make sure we are thorough in our assessments before we release incomplete information on a very profound subject,” was the consensus result of a cross-section of dairy producers and officials meeting in Chicago, IL on July 20-21.
The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dfwt.org/?p=510</link>
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		<title>Growth Management Promoted in D.C. by Vermont Dairy Farmer Group</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BERKSHIRE, VERMONT - 6/11/2010 -Dairy Farmers Working Together, a grassroots dairy group organized in 2006, traveled to Washington DC as part of a national effort to promote the  Dairy Price Stabilization Act (HR 5288)  introduced by Congressmen Jim Costa (CA), Peter Welch (VT), Rick Larsen (WA), John Larson (CT) and Joe Courtney (CT).  The Dairy Price Stabilization Act of 2010 (HR 5288) is a national program [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dfwt.org/?p=503</link>
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		<title>Congressman Welch introduces bill to stabilize the dairy industry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From: Heintz, Paul
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 10:29 AM
To: Heintz, Paul
Subject: RELEASE: Welch introduces bill to support dairy farmers, curb price volatility
Congressman Peter Welch
United States House of Representatives
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
CONTACT: 
Paul Heintz
202.226.8346 (o)
202.577.7970 (c)
Welch introduces bill to support dairy farmers, curb price volatility
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Peter Welch on Wednesday introduced [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dfwt.org/?p=495</link>
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		<title>Free Press Story &#8211; Vermont dairy summit talks of milk production limits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dairy farmers throughout New England and New York met in a waterfront hotel in Burlington Tuesday with a clear goal: eliminate the volatility in the dairy industry that caused a collapse in milk prices last year.
Read the whole story here.
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		<link>http://www.dfwt.org/?p=491</link>
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		<title>Whitmans feed company hosts DFWT at their spring producer meeting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whitmans feed company invited DFWT to participate in their producer meeting on April 1, 2010 in Greenwich New York at the Elks Club.  Dairy farmers in the audience asked questions about managing supply and how long it would take to get legislation enacted.  Farmers in the audience were charged with making contact with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dfwt.org/?p=480</link>
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		<title>DFA, Agrimark, Dairylea, meeting very informative</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On March 30, representatives from the three major coops in the Northeast hosted a meeting in Burlington to discuss dairy policy and where this discussion is heading.  There were more than 150 attendees, primarily dairy farmers from New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, New York, and Connecticut.  It was very clear to participants that the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dfwt.org/?p=476</link>
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		<title>Kentucky Dairy Development Council supports DFWT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After giving a presentation to dairy farmers at the KDDC meeting, there was a resolution to join DFWT efforts to change dairy policy.  DFWT is very excited about our new partners in Kentucky and we look forward  to furthering our relationship with farmers in the south.  The KDDC were terrific hosts to our speakers from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dfwt.org/?p=458</link>
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		<title>American Farm Bureau meeting WA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[American Farm Bureau Meeting
January 18, 2010
In view of the fact that the American Farm Bureau (AFB) represents a cross section of agriculture in the United States, its voice is something of a barometer for policy decisions at the Congressional level.
The AFB held its annual meeting January 9 – 13 at the Washington State Convention &#38; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dfwt.org/?p=452</link>
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		<title>Meeting in Chicago shows measurable steps toward one industry plan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On January 15th leaders from 8 different coops along with members of DFWT met to discuss industry solutions in a effort to get behind one plan.  Leaders at the table for the most part agree that a plan that addresses volatility is essential.  The beginnings of a plan that we can all support was laid [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dfwt.org/?p=449</link>
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