One State Not Happy With Federal Milk Marketing Order Proposal

One State Not Happy With Federal Milk Marketing Order Proposal

Lorrie Boyer
Lorrie Boyer
Reporter
Some dairy producers have expressed push back during the USDA comment period on the proposed Federal Milk Marketing Order reforms issued earlier this summer, while many of the requests from dairy farmers were included one key issue, class one pricing specifically requested by one state, Colorado was notably excluded. Chris Galen, Senior Vice President of member services and Strategic Initiatives at the National Milk Producers Federation, weighs in.

“When they're trying to do a national program like class one pricing is just more federal orders overall. It's hard to squeeze the balloon evenly so that there's no one who's kind of feeling the squeeze in a disproportionate way, even if it's just one county or a few counties in one part of the country.”

With this process nearing the two year mark, both producers and USA officials are pushing to finalize the reforms before the holiday season, with a vote expected in January.

“The agency will have education sessions for farmers and co ops across the country, or at least, maybe they'll have like, webinars or things that you can find online. And then there will be a vote on this, and the vote will occur early next year, probably sometime in the winter. And then it's basically an up or down vote on- do you want your region to be regulated by the new, and hopefully improved federal order system.”

Chris Galen with the National Milk Producers Federation.

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