Federated Farmers: Dairy farmers need biosecurity plan
Federated Farmers contracts are being updated to include provisions for sharemilkers and sharemilker farm owners to develop a farm biosecurity plan.
Dairy workers on edge: Security measures not working
Last year, the government established a $1.8 million fund for small business owners to help them pay for security cameras, fog cannons and DNA sprays as a response to attacks.
#Farm bill draft includes Dairy Security Act
icking up where we left off last year, a farm bill with dairy policy reform is on its way. Packaged as the Dairy Security Act, some groups are singing the praises of this combination of margin insurance and supply management, while others are disappointed it the House Ag Committee’s failure to strike the controversial production […]
#Dairy Security Act Part of Senate Mark-Up
Praise for Senate Agriculture Committee action this morning on the Farm Bill came rolling in from advocates of the Dairy Security Act (DSA), which includes both dairy margin insurance and a market stabilization program.
#IDFA members ask Congress to oppose limits on milk supply
The International Dairy Foods Association is the leading opponent of the Dairy Market Stabilization Program, a supply  management provision included in the Dairy Security Act.
#TGD: Congressmen offer alternative to Dairy Security Act
Reps. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., and David Scott, D.-Ga., have introduced the Dairy Freedom Act, calling it a compromise on dairy policy.
#Dairy Security Act Delay Has Caused $1 per cwt Losses
US – Milk prices would have been $1 per cwt higher if the dairy security act had been introduced in 2012.
Report Concludes #Dairy Security Act in Farm Bill Best for Farmers
US – A new analysis issued by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) points out the advantages of the margin insurance and market stabilization-based approach to reforming dairy policy, according to the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), which urged members of Congress to review the report and act on the Farm Bill yet in 2012.