PRB Has Another Meeting; Votes to Recommend Referendum on QIP Termination Petition
At 11:15 a.m., Producer Review Board (PRB) chairman Art Van Beek called the November 17, 2023 meeting to order. The venue was the...
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- Nov 3
- 5 min
Producer Review Board Has Another Meeting (And Another One is Planned in Less Than Three Weeks)
Back in the day, serving on the Producer Review Board (PRB) was easy duty. One meeting a year to talk about the pooling budget, maybe a...
- Oct 6
- 2 min
The Producer Review Board Recommends Adjustment to QIP Assessment
The Producer Review Board (PRB) has been wrestling with the challenge of finding the correct assessment rate to fund payments to ...
- Sep 22
- 1 min
PRB Meeting on Assesment Oct 2; Petition for Referendum to Terminate QIP Meets Signature Threshold
The Producer Review Board will hold its next meeting on October 2, 2023, 10 a.m. There will be no in-person option for this meeting and...
- Aug 4
- 3 min
The Producer Review Board Holds a Meeting
On Monday, July 31, the Producer Review Board (PRB) held an in-person meeting at the Stanislaus County Ag Commissioner’s complex.
- May 26
- 4 min
The Producer Review Board had a Meeting
On May 25, ten members of the Producer Review Board (PRB) got together with California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) staff...
- Oct 7, 2022
- 2 min
The Producer Review Board has a Meeting
On Monday, October 3, the Producer Review Board (PRB) met in Modesto and tackled a significant agenda. Normally approving the minutes...
- Jun 10, 2022
- 2 min
Producer Review Board Update
The Producer Review Board (PRB) met this week for the first time since August of 2020. There were a number of business items that...
- 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)...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
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