The Nation - News from June 7, 1985
U.S. dairy farmers got nearly $1 billion in payments for not producing milk during a 15-month federal program that ended two months ago, the Agriculture Department said. Although the legislation that established the program called for it to be paid entirely out of assessments on dairy farmers, about $80 million of the cost had to be absorbed by taxpayers, a department report said.
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