Announcement praised by dairy industry advocates.
Announcement praised by dairy industry advocates.
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service announced it will hold public hearings on proposals to amend the 11 Federal Milk Marketing Order pricing formulas. The first hearing will take place on Aug. 23 in Carmel, Indiana. Leaders from multiple dairy industry groups applauded the decision.
“We are extremely pleased to see that the Class I mover formula will be addressed in the national hearing’s scope, including the proposals from the National Milk Producers Federation and American Farm Bureau to go back to the ‘higher of’ method,” American Dairy Coalition CEO Laurie Fischer says. “We support this, and we know it was the one item that received the most complete consensus at the Farm Bureau’s stakeholder forum last October in Kansas City.”
The decision to hold FMMO hearings had been expected since early June when USDA announced a tentative pre-hearing schedule for the rulemaking processes. That move was in response to petitions submitted by the National Milk Producers Federation, the International Dairy Foods Association and the American Farm Bureau Federation, among others.
“There is still a long journey ahead toward a modernized federal order system that works better for farmers, but NMPF is ready, with co-op led efforts well underway to ensure that we are well-prepared for the FMMO hearing that begins next month,” Mooney says.
According to the Agricultural Marketing Service release, 22 proposals will be considered. Dairy farmers and interested parties will be allowed to testify during the proceedings.
“We’re pleased to see the Department move forward with the Federal Order hearing, and we fully expect UDSA will ensure all voices are heard, all proposals and presentations are fact-based, and the staff at USDA are working in the best interest of the full dairy supply chain rather than just one set of constituents,” Brown says.
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