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Next Round of Quota Meetings Coming Up: Here is your Reading List
Next week, the next round of Quota meetings take place, which you can register for here. The meeting dates and locations will be: •...
Oct 26, 20192 min read


The Quota Process Continues: Phase 2 Producer Feedback Meetings Scheduled for Later this Month
Just over a month ago, more than 370 dairy farmers and allied industry professionals participated in a series of meetings to discuss the...
Sep 7, 20191 min read


The Quota Process: A Constructive Beginning
Four public meetings were held this week, kicking off what organizers described as the “Think Tank” phase to review the California quota...
Aug 3, 20193 min read


And So It Begins: A Process For Addressing Quota Emerges
A press release came out this week announcing an organized effort by California producer interests to tackle the quota issue. The effort...
Jul 20, 20194 min read


Quota Assessment Going Down for Now
As I reported last week, the Producer Review Board took action to reduce the Quota Implementation Plan (QIP) assessment on Grade A milk...
Jun 29, 20192 min read


QIP Assessment to be Reduced by 5 ½ cents per cwt.
The Producer Review Board met on Thursday June 20, 2019 in Sacramento and reviewed the first seven months of operation of the Quota...
Jun 22, 20191 min read


“STOP QIP” Petition Falls Short of Required Signatures
Earlier this week, the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) released a notice it had performed a review of the signatures...
May 25, 20192 min read


How We Got the Fixed Differential
A few weeks ago, I wrote an article for the MPC Friday Report that told a bit of the history of how the California quota system came into...
Apr 27, 20196 min read


CDFA Finalizes Quota Implementation Plan Petition Procedures
This week California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross released the official "Department Procedures for Handling...
Apr 6, 20191 min read


What’s Going on With Quota?
There is a lot of discussion going on right now among California producers about quota. It is an issue where producers have different...
Mar 16, 20192 min read


The Producer Review Board Holds a Meeting
This past Wednesday, the Producer Review Board (PRB) held its first meeting of the year. The first order of business was to elect a new...
Mar 9, 20193 min read
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