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S. 581 119th Congress Senate

Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 with respect to mandatory reporting of dairy products processing costs.

Introduced: February 13, 2025 Introduced by: Kirsten E. Gillibrand Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food
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Feb 13, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Feb 13, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers Act

This bill requires manufacturers to report production cost and product yield information for all dairy products processed in the same facility or facilities to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting Program. Further, USDA must publish a report containing the information obtained under these new requirements and publish a report every two years thereafter.

As background, under the Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting Program, USDA must collect certain dairy product sales information from manufacturers and release the data on a weekly basis.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 295 Identical bill Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers Act
  • HR 7567 Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Feb 13, 2025
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Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Feb 13, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 581: Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-581/
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"S. 581: Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-581/.
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