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USDA plans to start a hearing process Aug. 23 on conflicting proposals from milk producers and dairy processors over changes in the way milk and dairy products are priced under the federal milk marketing order system.

Dairy Farmers of America, a major dairy cooperative with 83 processing facilities, had decided to withdraw its membership from the International Dairy Foods Association over IDFA’s decision to proceed with its single-issue petition to modify the federal milk marketing order system.

In all of agriculture the method of U.S. milk pricing is unmatched in complexity and inequity. Only expert dairy economists, a few U.S. Department of Agriculture personnel and a handful of industry experts can detail the antiquated rationale of federal milk pricing that has failed to keep pace with the technology, consumption patterns and use of farm milk in today’s economy.  

The National Milk Producers Federation on Monday petitioned USDA on Monday to consider a comprehensive proposal to overhaul the way milk is priced under federal milk marketing orders.