USDA to Hold Public Hearing on Proposed Changes to Pacific Northwest Milk Marketing Agreement

Summary

The USDA is holding a public hearing to consider proposed amendments to the Tentative Marketing Agreement and Order for the Pacific Northwest marketing area, which would change rules for milk pooling and diversion. The hearing aims to address proposals that would eliminate certain supply plant qualification standards and require dairy farmers to deliver milk to pool plants for a minimum of 6 days before it can be diverted.