Dairy Policy
This package aims to introduce notable changes, including a higher price for marketed milk, which could significantly impact the dairy industry.
Nine in ten parents serve whole or 2% milk to their children at home, and 81% support Congress passing legislation to allow schools to serve the same options.
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced that $11.04 million in new funding will be issued to help support dairy businesses and producers under the Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives (DBI) grant program.
More than a decade after banning whole and reduced-fat milk from being served during school lunches, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted in support of the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act.
USDA has announced that the 2024 Dairy Margin Coverage sign-up will open Feb. 28 and run through April 29.
A bi-partisan coalition of U.S. representatives has proposed new legislation to streamline FDA approval of some feed additives.
Producers are hoping for stronger milk prices next year. First quarter milk price looks less than promising - causing producers to turn to plan B which is hoping DMC payouts generate a healthy sum in the year ahead.
The Federal Milk Marketing Orders haven’t seen a major overhaul since 2000, and dairy farmers say it’s past time for a change.
Assistance will be available to dairy operations that had to dump or remove milk without compensation from the commercial milk market due to qualifying weather events during the years 2020, 2021 and 2022.
The hearing, which will take place in the Indianapolis suburb of Carmel, Indiana, could potentially result in the first significant reform of milk marketing orders since 2000.
Organic dairy farmers emphasized the need for consideration of an organic exemption in any forthcoming federal order hearing, citing the current system as insupportable for their industry.
A new bill could put 2% and whole milk back in schools.
USDA will soon decide whether to hold a formal hearing and propose changes to dairy’s minimum pricing system, which would then require a vote from dairy farmers.
If finalized, the guidance would allow nut, oat, soy, and other non-dairy products to utilize the name “milk” despite not containing dairy, nor having the nutritional value of dairy products.
Following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s proposed draft guidance, a group of senators re-introduced bipartisan legislation to combat the unfair practice of mislabeling non-dairy products using dairy names.
This is the second case the U.S. has filed against Canada over dairy market access.
The United States on Tuesday said it was seeking a second trade dispute settlement panel over Canada’s dairy import quotas.
The USDA announced details of additional assistance for dairy farmers, including a second round of payments through the Pandemic Market Volatility Assistance Program and a new Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program.
The issue over Canada’s dairy Tariff-Rate Quota isn’t over yet.
Action by United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai expands dispute to address Canada’s continuing failure to meet Its USMCA obligations.
The latest CPI shows that while inflation may be slowing, it still remains above the Fed’s target. As inflation impacts farmers across their operation, Dan Basse looks at some of the concerns as farmers head into 2023.
Controversy continues to swirl around Easterday Farms, a northern Oregon dairy operation.
Dairy producers now have more time to enroll for the dairy margin coverage (DMC) program this year.
House Democrats have introduced a sweeping immigration overhaul package called the U.S. Citizenship Act. The centerpiece is an 8-year path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants living in the U.S.
House Democrats have introduced a sweeping immigration overhaul package called the U.S. Citizenship Act. The centerpiece is an 8-year path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants living in the U.S.
The ag provisions of the bill include $13 billion allocated to ag programs.
Green New Deal fact sheet continues to spark controversy with a call for reduction in farting cows.
Program sign-ups will begin May 26. USDA plans to begin issuing payments the first week of June.
Economists from the Universities of Missouri and Wisconsin have prepared a Dairy Policy Brief on mandatory supply control as one of 11 different briefs in anticipation of the 2012 Farm Bill.
A bipartisan bill proposed in both branches of Congress looks to combat the issue of mislabeled non-dairy products that unfairly use dairy names like milk, yogurt and cheese.