An American Farm Bureau Federation economist says USDA’s proposed changes to the Federal Milk Marketing Orders are not all good.
Danny Munch tells Brownfield USDA addressed the “higher of” Class I milk price mover. “The biggest takeaway is that they do recommend a switch back to the “higher of” Class I mover, which was one of our biggest priorities. We are disappointed, though, that they did not decide to switch back to the “higher of” on an emergency basis.” And, he says not making the immediate emergency change will continue to cost farmers a lot of money.
Munch is also disappointed in the proposed five to seven cent-per-pound increase in processor make allowances. “When we loop that into a per-hundredweight value, that means farmers will be seeing 75 cents to 87 cents less per hundredweight on their milk checks because of the increased make allowance.”
July 2, 2024
By Larry Lee
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