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USDA Announces June 1 Implementation of New FMMO Formulas
It took more than two years, but the update of the Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) formulas is going to be implemented on June 1, 2025.
Geoff Vanden Heuvel
Jan 172 min read
USDA Issues Final FMMO Decision
This past week USDA released a draft of the final rule for modifying the milk pricing formulas in the Federal Milk Marketing Order program.
Geoff Vanden Heuvel
Nov 16, 20244 min read
USDA Publishes Federal Milk Marketing Order Hearing Decision
Back when California operated under a State Milk Marketing Order, milk price hearings were a regular occurrence. I can remember...
Geoff Vanden Heuvel
Jul 12, 20245 min read
It’s a Wrap for the Federal Milk Marketing Order Hearing
With a smile, The Honorable Judge Jill Clifton ended the Federal Milk Marketing Order Hearing (FMMO) on Tuesday, January 30, 2024, at...
Geoff Vanden Heuvel
Feb 2, 20243 min read
Federal Milk Marketing Order Hearing Week 11
The National Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) hearing that started back in late summer resumed for week 11 on Tuesday. Most of the...
Geoff Vanden Heuvel
Jan 19, 20247 min read
FMMO Hearing Report Week 10
Early in this full week at the Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) hearing, National Milk Producers Federation witnesses wrapped up...
Geoff Vanden Heuvel
Dec 8, 20232 min read
My Testimony at the Federal Milk Marketing Order Hearing
It was a privilege to testify for Milk Producers Council at the FMMO hearing this week. In addition to fully supporting the package...
Geoff Vanden Heuvel
Dec 1, 20235 min read
FMMO Hearing Restarts
After a six-week break, the Federal Milk Marketing Order hearing resumed in Carmel, Indiana this week. When the hearing had recessed...
Geoff Vanden Heuvel
Dec 1, 20233 min read
Federal Milk Marketing Order Hearing Report -- Week 8
The proposal to update and raise Class I differentials in all 3,100 counties of the continental United States by National Milk...
Geoff Vanden Heuvel
Oct 13, 20233 min read
Federal Milk Marketing Order Hearing Report -- Week 7
There are five “issues” encompassing 21 proposals that make up the substance of the “call” of this hearing into Federal Milk Marketing...
Geoff Vanden Heuvel
Oct 6, 20233 min read
Federal Milk Marketing Order Hearing Report -- Week 6
When I tuned in to the hearing at 5 a.m. Pacific time on Monday morning, I heard a different voice come through my earbuds.
Geoff Vanden Heuvel
Sep 29, 20233 min read
Federal Milk Marketing Order Hearing Report -- Week 5
The Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) hearing in Carmel, Indiana only met three days this week because the venue where the hearing is...
Geoff Vanden Heuvel
Sep 22, 20234 min read
Federal Milk Marketing Order Hearing Report
Week four of the Federal Milk Marketing Order hearing in Carmel, Indiana was mostly about the make allowance. The following proposals...
Geoff Vanden Heuvel
Sep 15, 20232 min read
Federal Milk Marketing Order Hearing Progress Report
This was the third week of the Federal Milk Marketing Order hearing in Carmel, Indiana. The week started out with rebuttal testimony on...
Geoff Vanden Heuvel
Sep 8, 20233 min read
Federal Milk Marketing Order Hearing Gets Going
There was a lot of hard work put in this week at the Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) hearing in Carmel, Indiana.
Geoff Vanden Heuvel
Sep 1, 20235 min read
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