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WASHINGTON, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the House and Senate Agriculture Committees prepare to write a new Farm Bill this week, the list of organizations opposed to a proposed dairy program continues to grow. Nearly 150 organizations and businesses across the food chain, from farmers and food manufacturers to food retailers and consumers, have signed letters to members of Congress urging them to oppose the "Dairy Market Stabilization Program" (DMSP). This program is...

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In Whole Foods Market's(®) Do Something Reel Film Festival, its January film, "Betting The Farm," looks closely at a group of dairy farmers faced with a tough decision after they are dropped by their national milk company. Eight organic dairy farmers in rural Maine are forced to either quit farming altogether or find a new way of doing business. The farmers take a chance and join forces to form a local milk company, Maine's Own Organic...

Florida Dairy Farmers announces Holiday Art Contest. Orlando, FL (PRWEB) October 08, 2012 How did Santa Claus get his milk mustache? That’s the theme for the Florida Dairy Farmers’ artwork contest that could land a child’s creation on the cover of the organization’s 2012 holiday card. Interested children ages 14 and younger can submit their original artwork by Oct. 31 to: Florida Dairy Farmers Attn: Holiday Art Contest 166 Lookout Place Maitland, FL 32751 All entries must...

ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 22, 2012. /PRNewswire/ -- Christine Reitsma, an 18-year-old college student from Sauk Centre, was crowned the 59th Princess Kay of the Milky Way in an evening ceremony at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds August 22. Reitsma, the first Princess Kay to hail from Stearns County, will serve as the official goodwill ambassador for more than 4,000 Minnesota dairy farmers. Christine is the daughter of Paul and Carolyn Reitsma of Sauk Centre, and will attend the...

CABOT, Vt., Aug. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Agri-Mark, the northeast's premier dairy cooperative, will receive the New York Dairy of Distinction 2012 'Business of Distinction' award at a special ceremony on August 27 at the New York State Fair in Syracuse, NY. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120820/NE59731LOGO ) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120213/MM52737LOGO ) "We're pleased to announce that Agri-Mark has been named our 2012 'Business of Distinction',"...

Government-Mandated Reductions to Farmers' Incomes Would Have Started in May WASHINGTON, July 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A proposal in the new Farm Bill headed to the House floor would have been limiting U.S. milk production since May, if it had been in effect, even as agriculture economists and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are warning that the drought throughout the country will reduce milk supply and raise consumer prices. According to calculations set out in the...

WASHINGTON, July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Connie Tipton, president and CEO of the International Dairy Foods Association, issued the following statement on the House Agriculture Committee vote on the bipartisan amendment to the Farm Bill offered by Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Rep. David Scott (D-GA) that would have stripped a supply management provision from the Dairy Security Act and offered the safety net of a margin insurance program with no strings attached. "We...

WASHINGTON, July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Several national food trade associations, including the National Restaurant Association, the Food Marketing Institute, the Grocery Manufacturers Association, the National Chain Restaurant Association, the National Grocers Association and the National Frozen Pizza Institute, have joined a long, and growing, list of organizations that have voiced their opposition to a controversial new dairy program designed to periodically limit...

WASHINGTON, July 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Jerry Slominski, senior vice president for legislative and economic affairs at the International Dairy Foods Association, issued the following statement on the House Agriculture Committee Chairman's mark of the 2012 Farm Bill. The bill includes a dairy market stabilization program, first introduced in H.R. 3062, the Dairy Security Act, by Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN), which will raise consumer prices, hurt exports, cost thousands of...

Noted dairy economists say supply management would have kicked in nearly one-fifth of the time over past six years; spending for dairy programs "undetectable" when compared to all commodity programs WASHINGTON, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two dairy economists recently released intriguing reports on the dairy provisions of the 2012 Farm Bill issued last month by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. The reports indicate that dairy stakeholders may...