Items Tagged with 'Farm Bill'

Asking Congress to reauthorize and expand the Healthy Milk Incentives Projects program is first on the list.

The bill features new programs that assist dairy producers facing low prices, NMPF noted.

The bill now awaits signing by President Trump.

The bill improves dairy risk management, boosts milk consumption.

IDFA says the Goodlatte-Scott amendment will provide an effective and expanded safety net for dairy farmers. A disappointed  NMPF calls the amendment 'an effort to ensure that dairy processors get a government-insured supply of cheap milk.'

More than 30 dairy foods manufacturers – including some of the largest food companies in the United States – have sent letters over the past week to members of the House and Senate, including key agriculture committee members, calling on them to oppose government-imposed limits on milk supply. 

"It's clear Americans feel strongly that the federal government should stay out of the milk pricing business," said Connie Tipton, IDFA president and CEO. "Dairy is a dietary staple and a primary source of essential nutrition to tens of millions of Americans. Artificially raising milk prices by manipulating the market, as proposed in the Farm Bill's Dairy Security Act, hurts consumers and it hurts taxpayers," she said.