Advocacy
Every post the Federation has filed under Advocacy.
The 60-day rule still shapes your shipping map
Federal aging requirements for unpasteurized-milk cheese haven't changed this year, but members keep asking, and the advocacy questions we're fielding say why.
Read postThe aging rule that changes at the state line
Three states rewrote their raw-milk rules this year, and none of the changes line up with each other or with the federal ban on interstate raw-milk sales.
Read postThe standards nobody reads until they're gone
A proposal to strike a batch of old cheese labeling standards from the books is open for comment through mid-September, and most members haven't looked at it yet.
Read postThe exemption question nobody wants to lose
A federal traceability rule just picked up more runway before it takes effect, and the small-producer exemption inside it is exactly what our comment should protect.
Read postThe safety-net formula just moved
A federal update to the dairy margin safety-net program takes effect this year. What changed, why it matters more in a tight year, and where members can still…
Read postThe raw-milk rules are different in every state again
Several states updated their raw-milk laws this year, and the differences between them are wide enough to trip up a producer who assumes their neighbor's rules apply at…
Read postThe sampling program behind the 60-day rule
A federal sampling assignment on 60-day aged raw-milk cheese has been running since the start of the year. Here's what it covers, and what it doesn't change yet.
Read postInterstate shipment is still stuck, and so are we
State-level rulemaking on raw-milk products moved again this spring, but the interstate shipment question members keep raising with us is still unresolved.
Read postThe line that moves your aging rule
Raw-milk aging and sale rules are decided state by state, and this spring more states are revisiting theirs. A longtime member testimony program explains why that patchwork matters.
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