April 1 was the post-hearing deadline for interested parties to submit briefs to the USDA on Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) modernization. Danny Munch, an economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation, gave an update on where the modernization process currently stands.
Munch said AFBF recently joined the National Farmers Union in sending a letter to USDA urging the department to push pause on updating make allowances.
Munch added that it’s significant that Farm Bureau and Farmers Union worked together on this issue.
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