As NY Farmers Struggle With Produce-Pricing Crisis, Gillibrand Calls on USDA to Investigate Why Prices Paid to Farmers Aren't Keeping Up With the Market
September 24, 2019
September 24, 2019
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release:
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- While the Prices of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Have Increased for Consumers, the Prices that Farmers Receive for their Produce Has Not Kept Up - And Even Gone Down in Some Cases
- USDA Has Failed to Conduct a Full Review of the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Market for Decades and Structural Changes Since Then Have Left Many Farmers Facing Uncertainty and Low . . .
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- While the Prices of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Have Increased for Consumers, the Prices that Farmers Receive for their Produce Has Not Kept Up - And Even Gone Down in Some Cases
- USDA Has Failed to Conduct a Full Review of the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Market for Decades and Structural Changes Since Then Have Left Many Farmers Facing Uncertainty and Low . . .