Tag:N.C. Milk Commission

• Milk Commission measure moves forward but without a stamp of approval

  The Milk Commission may make a return to North Carolina, but a bill reestablishing the commission still has a ways to go before becoming law.  The House Agriculture Committee debated Senate Bill 380 Wednesday, Aug. 7, and unanimously voted to move the bill forward to the…

• Lawmakers try to resurrect Milk Commission, but some sour to the proposal

  Some lawmakers want to bring back the state’s Milk Commission to protect local dairy farmers, but critics of the measure contend it will only lead to higher milk prices.  During the July 31 House Agriculture Committee meeting, Reps. Jeff McNeely, R-Iredell, and Pat Hurley, R-Randolph, introduced…

  by Lindsay Marchello