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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, December 20, 2024
USDA has rolled out a plan to test the nation’s milk supply for avian flu, which has swept through a large portion of the nation’s dairy herd since March.
The ag industry is watching to see how the Trump administration fulfills its pledge to deport millions of immigrant workers. Dairy farmers are especially concerned.
The Agriculture Department is moving to reverse a change to milk pricing that was made in the 2018 farm bill that was subsequently blamed for a drop in prices received by producers.
Both dairy producers and processors scored wins in a long-awaited proposal USDA to overhaul federal milk pricing in line with changes in industry practices and market conditions.
USDA is out with its proposed reforms to federal dairy pricing. The proposals still must be ratified by producers, but the National Milk Producers Federation won some key changes, most notably in how Class 1, or fluid milk, is priced.
Anti-hunger groups are praising Stacy Dean, deputy undersecretary for USDA’s food, nutrition and consumer services, following news of her planned departure in July.
Lawmakers are back in D.C. with four weeks until the Memorial Day deadline set by House Ag Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., for moving a new farm bill. Republicans and Democrats remain at an impasse about key details of the bill, most notably on cuts to nutrition spending.
Dairy cattle transported from Texas have been implicated in the spread of the H5N1, or bird flu, virus found in at least four of the seven states outside of Texas that have reported infections, according to states where H5N1 has been found.
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