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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, April 19, 2024
Dairy producers and market participants will be sharing testimony starting Aug. 23 on a wide range of proposals for USDA as it considers updates to the federal milk marketing order.
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.
A key dairy-state lawmaker and Senate Agriculture Committee member hopes the 2023 farm bill will help expand rural broadband service, and he also believes that it's also critical for Congress to address ag labor needs.
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.
Gregg Doud has been tapped as the next president and CEO of the National Milk Producers Federation and Steve Mangapit has been selected as the new president of Pinnacle Claims Management, succeeding David Zanze, who retired after 38 years of service.
Gregg Doud has been tapped as the next president and CEO of the National Milk Producers Federation and Roberta Wagner has been named senior vice president of regulatory and scientific affairs at the International Dairy Foods Association.
There’s one week left to submit comments to the House Agriculture Committee on what should – or shouldn’t – be in the next farm bill. So far, the committee has received nearly 1,400 submissions, according to staff.
The National Milk Producers Federation made quick work of its search for a new top executive, announcing Wednesday the selection of Gregg Doud to be the next president and CEO.
USDA is bringing on six individuals who will hold senior staff positions and promoting two at the department and President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Jeffrey Prescott as the U.S. representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture and Summer Mersinger as commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
National Milk Producers Federation President and CEO Jim Mulhern will retire at the end of the year after a decade at the helm of NMPF and a total of 45 years in the ag industry.
