Following Her Push, Gillibrand Successfully Secures Several Provisions In The Recently Passed Senate Farm Bill To Strengthen New York's Rural Communities And Protect Farmers And Producers

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U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that several provisions she secured in the Farm Bill have passed in the Senate. These include new grant programs to help invest in New York's rural economies and $77 million for dairy farmers who paid millions of dollars into an insurance program that did not help them when milk prices dropped. Gillibrand worked in the Senate Agriculture Committee to include these provisions in the Senate Farm Bill to strengthen New York's rural economy and protect farmers, and helped ensure that they were passed by the full Senate.

"New York has one of the best agriculture traditions in the country, and this year's Senate Farm Bill will help feed families all over our state, it will protect our farmers and producers, and it will strengthen our rural economy," said Senator Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee. "I was proud to work hard to make sure that this year's Senate Farm Bill had New York's best interests at its core. I will continue to fight to make sure the final Farm Bill that is eventually signed into law serves every New Yorker, and I am very pleased that my Senate colleagues have passed this legislation."

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