Source: CAROLINA-VIRGINIA FARMER, 4/26/11

Legislation has been introduced in the U.S. Senate that would allow dairy farmers to utilize a federal visa program to bring foreign workers to the U.S. Senators Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Herb Kohl, D-Wisc., are co-sponsoring the measure.

The National Milk Producers Federation has endorsed the bill. NMPF's Chris Galen says it will help meet the labor needs of dairy farms across the country.

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