Several dairy organizations are praising the introduction of a U.S. Senate bill that would direct USDA to open the hearing process into the Federal Milk Marketing Order system.
John Holevoet with the Dairy Business Association tells Brownfield there are a lot of things in the current milk marketing orders that need to be looked at and it’s time to have the discussion. “We’ve been trying to see if we could build some consensus here in the upper Midwest on what possible changes might look like, so whether this bill moves forward and the hearing comes as a result of this or from another request, we’re trying to be in a position where we can be prepared to have a meaningful discussion about what the future of the orders would look like.”
The Wisconsin-based Dairy Business Association is part of a marketing order task force including the Minnesota Milk Producers Association, Nebraska State Dairy Association, South Dakota Dairy Producers, and the Iowa State Dairy Association.
