Editor’s note: The following is commentary from the National Dairy Producers Organization and is reprinted with permission. For far too long, dairy farmers have remained silent. The 2020 milk prices paid to dairy farmers are the lowest in decades.

The road to the milk pricing transparency provided by Pennsylvania House Bill 1265 has been a lonely one for the state’s dairy farmers. Many of the farm groups and organizations, which supposedly exist to serve and represent the interests of farmers, have chosen to remain silent and not take a position. Some groups, such as PennAg Industries Association, have even taken the official position of opposing this bill.