The Planned Destruction of the American Dairy Farmer
A public hearing was held at the Fire Hall in Lairdsville, Pennsylvania, on July 24 to voice concern over the current financial crisis facing dairy farm families throughout America–aptly termed, the economic “Dairy Depression”.
California Dairies, Inc., Dairy Farmers of America and Land O'Lakes, Inc. Announce Unified Support of the California Federal Milk Marketing Order
The three largest milk marketing cooperatives in California, California Dairies, Inc. (CDI), Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) and Land O’Lakes, Inc., today announced that, on behalf of their respective members, they have voted in support of the California Federal Milk Marketing Order (CA-FMMO) as proposed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Federal milk order could boost California prices slightly
Producer milk prices under the new California Federal Milk Marketing Order, if approved, estimated to rise about 15 cents per hundredweight. Protein formula would change under the USDA proposal under consideration by dairy producers.
California dairy producers voting on joining FMMO
Vote continues through May 5, 2018. Public hearing is April 10 in Clovis, Calif.
USDA backs Federal Milk Marketing Order for California
It looks like California dairy producers will soon be operating under a Federal Milk Marketing Order.
The California Federal Milk Marketing Order is back on track
The California Federal Milk Marketing Order is back on track, thanks to a court order that was issued Friday, March 9.
Dairy Policy Progress: Completing the Move to Markets
Source: https://www.aei.org/publication/dairy-policy-progress-completing-the-move-to-markets/
Quota passage clears path for Calif. FMMO
California dairy producers are celebrating the outcome of the referendum and getting one huge step closer to abandoning the state milk marketing order for inclusion in the federal system.
By: Carol Ryan Dumas
Source: Capital Press
Link: http://www.capitalpress.com/California/20180108/quota-passage-clears-path-for-calif-fmmo
California milk order clears another hurdle
Now entering its third year, the process to establish a Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) potentially cleared another hurdle. To the outside world, that hurdle may have been small, but to California dairy producers, it represented an important benchmark. BY COREY GEIGER.
USDA moves closer to FMMO for California milk producers
Lengthy process to form a federal milk marketing order for California dairy producers closer to completion as USDA submits proposal. By Todd Fitchette.