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Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers Act
To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 with respect to mandatory reporting of dairy products processing costs.
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- Became law
Summary
Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers Act
This bill requires manufacturers to report production cost and product yield information for all dairy products processed in the same facility or facilities to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting Program. Further, USDA must publish a report containing the information obtained under these new requirements and publish a report every two years thereafter.
As background, under the Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting Program, USDA must collect certain dairy product sales information from manufacturers and release the data on a weekly basis.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Feb 14, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
- Feb 14, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
- Jan 9, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- Jan 9, 2025 Introduced in House
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