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  • Jul 2, 2021
  • 1 min

Referendum to Sunset Quota Program Fails

Late this afternoon, the California Department of Food Agriculture (CDFA) announced that the referendum proposing to sunset the Quota...
  • Apr 2, 2021
  • 3 min

California's Quota Has Been 60-plus Years of Compromise

Courtesy of Hoard's Dairyman Published March 2021 Edition Special by Geoff Vanden Heuvel In the 1960s – at the urging of producers – a...
  • Mar 12, 2021
  • 1 min

MPC Remains Committed to Providing Neutral, Timely Coverage on Quota Referendum

As can be imagined, when it is decision time on a controversial issue, passions can be intense. There is a mailing by one of the sides in...
  • Mar 6, 2021
  • 3 min

Quota Referendum Ballots Mailed Out This Week

On March 4, the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) mailed ballots to all eligible California dairy producers, giving...
  • Feb 27, 2021
  • 4 min

Insight Into Upcoming Producer Referendum

There was some news this week on the upcoming referendum on the Quota Sunset Proposal. The United Dairy Families of California (UDFC)...
Quota Referendum Scheduled for March 4 - June 1, 2021
  • Jan 30, 2021
  • 3 min

Quota Referendum Scheduled for March 4 - June 1, 2021

This week, California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Secretary Karen Ross ordered that a referendum be conducted on the...
  • Oct 3, 2020
  • 2 min

Short, But Significant Quota Hearing Held this Week

The United Dairy Families of California’s (UDFC) petition for a referendum on their Quota Implementation Plan proposal was the subject of...
Significant Quota Hearing Next Wednesday and Thursday
  • Sep 26, 2020
  • 4 min

Significant Quota Hearing Next Wednesday and Thursday

A two-day virtual hearing will be held on Wednesday, September 30 and Thursday, October 1 to consider the petition by the United Dairy...
Producer Review Board Recommends a Hearing
  • Aug 28, 2020
  • 7 min

Producer Review Board Recommends a Hearing

In a virtual meeting held Thursday August 27, all 15 members of the Producer Review Board (PRB) gathered online to go through an agenda...
This Week's Quota News
  • Aug 15, 2020
  • 2 min

This Week's Quota News

California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) attorney Michelle Dias rejected STOP QIP’s Motion to Reconsider. The motion asked...
A Final Ruling in the Quota Lawsuit
  • Aug 8, 2020
  • 1 min

A Final Ruling in the Quota Lawsuit

Judge James P. Arguelles issued a final ruling on August 3, 2020 on the STOP QIP lawsuit against the California Department of Food and...
Quota News This Week
  • Aug 1, 2020
  • 3 min

Quota News This Week

This past Tuesday Judge Timothy Aspinwall, the judge from the Office of Administrative Hearings who conducted the hearing on the STOP QIP...
CDFA Holds Quota Hearing
  • Jun 13, 2020
  • 5 min

CDFA Holds Quota Hearing

In a truly unprecedented fashion, a “virtual” hearing took place this week to consider the petition by Stop QIP to suspend Chapter 3.5 of...
  • May 30, 2020
  • 3 min

Virtual Public Hearing on Quota Scheduled for June 9-10

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has reset the date and time and format for a public hearing to consider a...
QIP Assessment to Increase
  • May 9, 2020
  • 1 min

QIP Assessment to Increase

At a Zoom meeting this week, the Producer Review Board wrestled with the reality that the current 32.5-cent per cwt. assessment on all...
Public Hearing on Quota Scheduled for April 7 & 8
  • Feb 29, 2020
  • 2 min

Public Hearing on Quota Scheduled for April 7 & 8

A Notice of a Public Hearing to Consider a Petition to Suspend Chapter 3.5 of the Food and Agriculture Code was posted this week by the...
Quota Sunset Proposal Submitted to California Department of Food and Agriculture
  • Feb 15, 2020
  • 4 min

Quota Sunset Proposal Submitted to California Department of Food and Agriculture

The United Dairy Families of California (UDFC), a group of California producers that formed to create a process for California dairy...
Registration Now Open for February 11 Quota Meeting at Farm Show in Tulare
  • Feb 8, 2020
  • 1 min

Registration Now Open for February 11 Quota Meeting at Farm Show in Tulare

As we reported last week, Dr. Marin Bozic and Mr. Matt Gould recommended a path forward for the industry to address the quota issue....
Phase 3 Quota Meetings: Narrowing the Options
  • Jan 11, 2020
  • 4 min

Phase 3 Quota Meetings: Narrowing the Options

At meetings this past week in Chino, Tulare, Turlock and Petaluma, Dr. Marin Bozic and Matt Gould – the two economists (the TEAM) hired...
Phase 2 Quota Meetings Stimulate Serious Contemplation
  • Nov 2, 2019
  • 5 min

Phase 2 Quota Meetings Stimulate Serious Contemplation

This past week, three Phase 2 Quota meetings were held in Chino, Tulare and Turlock respectively. At those meetings there was some...
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