Advocacy
Every post the Federation has filed under Advocacy.
A quota dispute you should know about
A dispute panel just ruled on how a trading partner is administering its dairy quotas, and it's worth understanding now even if your case never crosses a border.
Read postFirmer prices, farmers still underwater
Milk prices firmed all fall, but new federal cost data shows dairy farmers still losing money on every hundredweight. Why the federation's pricing-reform push isn't done.
Read postWhat we're asking for on interstate shipment
A letter campaign on interstate cheese shipment is open through the month. Here's the specific rule members are asking to change, and why it matters more this year…
Read postThe 60-day rule is under review again
The federal aging requirement for raw-milk cheese is getting another look, and the federation is asking members to weigh in before the comment window narrows.
Read postThe small-producer exemption fight isn't over
Federal preventive-controls rules apply differently depending on a creamery's size, and members are asking us to keep pressing for a clearer, more workable small-producer exemption.
Read postWhat the aging rule actually protects
A federal aging requirement for unpasteurized cheese is back in front of lawmakers. Here's what it does, what members are testifying to, and how to weigh in.
Read postWhat your origin label now requires
A stricter federal Made in USA labeling rule takes effect this week, and members who've used the phrase loosely on packaging or a website should read it closely.
Read postThe patchwork under your shipment label
State raw-milk rules keep moving even when the federal aged-cheese exemption doesn't, and that gap is exactly where our shipment petition is trying to help.
Read postThe aging clock nobody has changed
The federal minimum aging period for raw-milk cheese has sat unchanged for decades while the science underneath it keeps moving. Here's where the debate stands and how to…
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