It took more than two years, but the update of the Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) formulas is going to be implemented on June 1, 2025.

This past week USDA released a draft of the final rule for modifying the milk pricing formulas in the Federal Milk Marketing Order program.

Back when California operated under a State Milk Marketing Order, milk price hearings were a regular occurrence. I can remember...

With a smile, The Honorable Judge Jill Clifton ended the Federal Milk Marketing Order Hearing (FMMO) on Tuesday, January 30, 2024, at...

The National Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) hearing that started back in late summer resumed for week 11 on Tuesday. Most of the...

Early in this full week at the Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) hearing, National Milk Producers Federation witnesses wrapped up...

It was a privilege to testify for Milk Producers Council at the FMMO hearing this week. In addition to fully supporting the package...

After a six-week break, the Federal Milk Marketing Order hearing resumed in Carmel, Indiana this week. When the hearing had recessed...

The proposal to update and raise Class I differentials in all 3,100 counties of the continental United States by National Milk...

There are five “issues” encompassing 21 proposals that make up the substance of the “call” of this hearing into Federal Milk Marketing...

When I tuned in to the hearing at 5 a.m. Pacific time on Monday morning, I heard a different voice come through my earbuds.

The Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) hearing in Carmel, Indiana only met three days this week because the venue where the hearing is...

Week four of the Federal Milk Marketing Order hearing in Carmel, Indiana was mostly about the make allowance. The following proposals...

This was the third week of the Federal Milk Marketing Order hearing in Carmel, Indiana. The week started out with rebuttal testimony on...

There was a lot of hard work put in this week at the Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) hearing in Carmel, Indiana.

How would you report on the first mile of a 26-mile marathon where the race results will not be known until months after the race is...

By Geoff Vanden Heuvel Director of Regulatory and Economic Affairs Issue #1 Milk Composition There are proposals from National Milk...

The Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) Program is the basic safety net USDA provides for America’s dairy farmers. It is structured to...

When California joined the Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) program in November of 2018, it was widely believed that an update of...

This past week National Milk Producers Federation, which represents most of the dairy farmer-owned cooperatives in the country...