The USDA held a 49-day Federal Milk Marketing Order hearing and listened to hundreds of hours of testimony, which resulted in reform proposals released this week. Roger Cryan, chief economist with the American Farm Bureau, said the changes have some positives.
Cryan said a couple of key Farm Bureau ideas didn’t make it into the USDA proposal.
A comment period is open on the final rule, and Cryan said Farm Bureau will be submitting a number of ideas.
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