Mark Stephenson with the UW Center for Dairy Profitability tells Brownfield the USDA asked him to update a study he had previously done into what’s called the make allowance, which is a margin for processors who convert milk into the many types of dairy products. “USDA had asked me to update some work that I had done several years ago on the cost of processing in dairy plants, so that’s something that I have been working on and have given them a final report now.”
Stephenson believes his report will become public knowledge before long. “USDA is just trying to think about the release opportunity for that and, you know, how it comes out and becomes available but it will all be part of public discussions.”
Stephenson says there’s nothing to hide, and it’s just a matter of when USDA releases the report.
Some dairy organizations have been seeking to open hearings on the federal orders and offer suggestions to improve transparency and farm gate prices while avoiding the negative producer price differentials experienced during the pandemic.
Legal notice about Intellectual Property in digital contents. All information contained in these pages that is NOT owned by eDairy News and is NOT considered “public domain” by legal regulations, are registered trademarks of their respective owners and recognized by our company as such. The publication on the eDairy News website is made for the purpose of gathering information, respecting the rules contained in the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works; in Law 11.723 and other applicable rules. Any claim arising from the information contained in the eDairy News website shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Ordinary Courts of the First Judicial District of the Province of Córdoba, Argentina, with seat in the City of Córdoba, excluding any other jurisdiction, including the Federal.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
eDairy News Spanish
eDairy News PORTUGUESE
The most visited dairy news website in the world.
