Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers Act expands USDA dairy reporting under section 273 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946. Manufacturers required to report dairy product information would also have to report production cost and product yield information, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, for all products processed in the same facility or facilities. USDA must publish a report using that new processing-cost information within three years after enactment and every two years after that. The bill is about making dairy processing costs visible for milk-pricing debates, not creating a direct payment to farmers.
Who Benefits and How
Dairy farmers benefit because USDA would have better processing-cost and yield data for evaluating whether milk pricing reflects processor economics. Dairy cooperatives benefit from a recurring public report that can support price-formula advocacy. USDA dairy market analysts benefit from facility-level cost and yield information rather than only product reporting. Milk pricing reform advocates benefit from a statutory data source for cheese, butter, powder, or other processed dairy cost inputs.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Dairy product manufacturers must report production cost and product yield information for products processed in the same facilities. USDA Agricultural Marketing Service staff must determine reporting details and publish processing-cost reports every two years. Processors face confidentiality and compliance costs from collecting and reporting more facility data. Federal dairy administrators must maintain reporting systems beyond electronic reporting language.
Key Provisions
- Requires dairy manufacturers to report production cost and product yield information for covered facilities.
- Expands section 273 reporting beyond existing dairy product information.
- Directs USDA to publish the first dairy processing-cost report within three years.
- Requires updated processing-cost reports every two years after the first report.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires dairy product manufacturers already reporting under the Agricultural Marketing Act to report production cost and product yield information for all products processed in the same facilities, and requires USDA to publish recurring processing-cost reports.
Key Policy Areas
Agriculture, Dairy, Market Transparency
Primary Purpose
Requires dairy product manufacturers already reporting under the Agricultural Marketing Act to report production cost and product yield information for all products processed in the same facilities, and requires USDA to publish recurring processing-cost reports.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- Dairy farmers
- Dairy cooperatives
- USDA dairy market analysts
- Milk pricing reform advocates
Identified Costs
- Dairy product manufacturers
- USDA Agricultural Marketing Service staff
- Dairy processors
- Federal dairy administrators
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, …
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Mr. Langworthy (for himself, Mr. Van Orden, Mr. Morelle, Mr. …
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service staff, USDA dairy market analysts
Positive-direction: USDA dairy market analysts
Negative-direction: USDA Agricultural Marketing Service staff
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
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