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Senate approves bill to create incentives for Missouri's dairy farmers

The State Senate has approved a bill that will create incentives for Missouri’s dairy farmers.

  The bill passed in the Senate 32-2 and will continue on to the House, where its own version of this legislation was initially approved.

The legislation will provide subsidies to help dairy farmers pay for insurance, along with a scholarship for students studying farming and funds for research on the industry.

The funds for the incentives would have to be approved separately from this bill, and would come from an already existing sales tax on dairy products.

Opponents to the bill believe the state government should not control the free market or try to fix an industry regulated at the federal level.

Supporters of the bill say the bill is necessary to keep Missouri’s dairy providers in business.