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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, March 29, 2024
Congressional leaders announced agreement Sunday on a new stopgap funding bill that would keep the government funded until March 1 for some departments and agencies, including USDA, and to March 8 for the rest.
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.
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson says the House will move its farm bill ahead of the Senate this year, and he’s pledging to work with the Budget Committee to ensure the legislation is adequately funded.
After years of trial and error, lawmakers have finally arrived at a subsidy program that milk producers can live with, but the dairy industry is heading toward the next farm bill sharply divided over possible reforms to the federal pricing system for milk.