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This bill would require more reporting from dairy product manufacturers about what it costs them to process milk and other dairy products. Its main goal is to give farmers, lawmakers, and the public better information about how much it takes to turn raw milk into finished dairy products, which could help improve fairness in milk pricing. It would also require the Agriculture Secretary to regularly publish a report using that information, so the data is shared over time rather than collected and kept private.
- Manufacturers that already have to report some dairy pricing information would also have to report production costs and product yield information for products made in the same facility.
- The bill changes current reporting rules so they are not limited only to electronic reporting language and makes the reporting requirements clearer.
- The Agriculture Secretary would have to publish a report with the new processing cost information within 3 years after the law takes effect, and then every 2 years after that.
Official Summaries
Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers Act
This bill requires manufacturers to report production cost and product yield information for all dairy products processed in the same facility or facilities to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting Program. Further, USDA must publish a report containing the information obtained under these new requirements and publish a report every two years thereafter.
As background, under the Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting Program, USDA must collect certain dairy product sales information from manufacturers and release the data on a weekly basis.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 581 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 581
To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 with respect to
mandatory reporting of dairy products processing costs.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 13, 2025
Mrs. Gillibrand (for herself, Ms. Collins, and Mrs. Shaheen) introduced
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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A BILL
To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 with respect to
mandatory reporting of dairy products processing costs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers Act''.
SEC. 2. MANDATORY REPORTING OF DAIRY PRODUCTS PROCESSING COSTS.
Section 273 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C.
1637b) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking
``and'' at the end;
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the
period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following:
``(C) for each manufacturer required to report
under subparagraph (A) for any product, require that
manufacturer to report production cost and product
yield information, as determined by the Secretary, for
all products processed in the same facility or
facilities.''; and
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ``products
and'' after ``those''; and
(2) in subsection (d)--
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking
``Electronic Reporting'' and inserting ``Reporting'';
(B) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in the paragraph heading, by striking
``Electronic reporting'' and inserting
``Reporting''; and
(ii) by striking ``this section'' and
inserting ``subparagraphs (A) and (B) of
subsection (b)(1)'';
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ``this section''
and inserting ``subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection
(b)(1)''; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Dairy products processing costs.--Not later than 3
years after the date of enactment of this paragraph, and every
2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall publish a report
containing the information obtained under subsection
(b)(1)(C).''.
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