PENNSYLVANIA, June 14 - PRINTER'S NO. 892

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE RESOLUTION

No.

141

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY VOGEL, BROWNE, LANGERHOLC, BROOKS, BARTOLOTTA,

FONTANA, J. WARD, SCAVELLO, HUGHES, MARTIN, PHILLIPS-HILL,

MUTH, GEBHARD AND GORDNER, JUNE 14, 2021

REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, JUNE 14, 2021

A RESOLUTION

Designating the month of June 2021 as "Dairy Month" in

Pennsylvania.

WHEREAS, The dairy industry is Pennsylvania's largest

agricultural industry; and

WHEREAS, Dairy farmers are established contributors to our

communities; and

WHEREAS, Dairy farming is an integral part of Pennsylvania's

agriculture and overall economy, generating $14.7 billion of

economic activity annually; and

WHEREAS, Pennsylvania ranks second in the nation in terms of

the number of dairy farms; and

WHEREAS, Pennsylvania ranks seventh nationally in milk

production and this Commonwealth's 482,000 cows produced more

than 10.2 billion pounds of milk in 2020; and

WHEREAS, The dairy industry supports more than 52,000 jobs

across this Commonwealth; and

WHEREAS, Ninety-nine percent of the dairy farms in this

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