American Farm Bureau wants more from milk hearing

The American Farm Bureau Federation is asking the USDA to hold a hearing on milk price reforms, and to consider changes that go beyond what is requested in two other hearing requests.

Chief Economist Roger Cryan tells Brownfield the first request for a Federal Milk Marketing Order hearing didn’t address issues important to farmers. “Processors asked USDA to have a hearing just to update make allowances, the allowance for the processors in the milk price formula.

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