Dairy producers have approved a series of modifications to federal milk marketing orders, including reversing a change to milk pricing that was made in the 2018 farm bill. USDA’s Agricultural ...

Dairy groups across the United States are currently working on proposals to overhaul the Federal Milk Marketing Orders. For years, the orders have put Midwestern dairy producers at a significant ...

The next month could be telling for whether or not the dairy industry can finally unite on changes to pricing regulations for milk. During the week of Feb. 20, leaders from the National Milk Producers ...

USDA’s long-awaited updates to milk pricing in federal milk marketing orders come close to the National Milk Producers Federation’s objective of accurately reflecting the value of dairy products such ...

LEWISTON, Minn. — Mitch Thompson delivered milk to his processor this month that ended up in a nearby field, and Carey and Emily Tweten were pushed to sell spot loads at a heavily discounted rate.

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Discussions of Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) modernization are well underway. Letters, policy proposals, webinars and petition notices have overloaded the inboxes of dairy farmers and others in ...

Minnesota has lost a quarter of its dairy farms in the past five years. Much of this loss is due to milk prices that are too low to support family-sized dairy operations. Why are milk prices so low?

The industry has become saturated with non-dairy choices over the last decade. From soy to macadamia, a variety of plant-based milk alternatives have begun filling shelves in recent years. Now, the ...