Geoff Vanden Heuvel
A Very Significant Producer Review Board Meeting This Week
Anyone following the California dairy producer community over the past number of years realizes that the issue of quota has been – and...
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Quota News
Geoff Vanden Heuvel
- Nov 17, 2023
- 4 min
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...
Geoff Vanden Heuvel
- Nov 3, 2023
- 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...
Geoff Vanden Heuvel
- Oct 6, 2023
- 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 ...
Milk Producers Council
- Sep 22, 2023
- 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...
Geoff Vanden Heuvel
- Aug 4, 2023
- 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.
Geoff Vanden Heuvel
- May 26, 2023
- 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...
Geoff Vanden Heuvel
- 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...
Geoff Vanden Heuvel
- 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...
Geoff Vanden Heuvel
- 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...
Geoff Vanden Heuvel
- 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...
Geoff Vanden Heuvel
- 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...
Geoff Vanden Heuvel
- 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...
Geoff Vanden Heuvel
- 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)...
Geoff Vanden Heuvel
- 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...
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