Milk Prices Could Rise Dramatically With Fiscal Cliff Failure

A new bill by several Republican state lawmakers would make it easier to buy and sell raw milk in Texas.

CHICAGO, IL – DECEMBER 27: Milk is offered for sale at a grocery store on December 27, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. Milk prices could spike to $6 to $8 a gallon in January if lawmakers fail to reach a “fiscal cliff” deal and renew a Farm Bill that’s been in place since 2008 and sets the price at which the government buys milk. (

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