A group of 24 members of Congress are asking President Joe Biden to reimburse dairy producers for losses stemming from the Covid 19 pandemic and market related losses. Iowa State Dairy Association Executive Director Mitch Schulte says that aid is badly needed as dairy producers were just starting to climb out of several years of economic losses prior to the pandemic hitting.

The lawmakers in their letter to the President pointed out that roughly $725 million in Class 1 skim milk revenue was lost due to the pandemic. And Schulte says that’s a significant impact on the nation’s dairy producers.

Schulte says it’s the small and medium size dairy producers that need the most help in recovering from the effects of the pandemic.

Schulte says it’s positive that 24 lawmakers joined together on the aid request to the President for dairy producers.