Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers Act
U.S. Congress · HR295 ·
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Primary sponsor's contributions received (same period)
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What the bill says
Introduced 2025-01-09. Latest action: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
Summary (plain-language)
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.
Sponsors
- Nicholas A. Langworthy (primary)
- James R. Baird
- Jim Costa
- Scott Fitzgerald
- Brad Finstad
- Josh Harder
- John R. Moolenaar
- Daniel Meuser
- Joseph D. Morelle
- Dan Newhouse
- Chellie Pingree
- Josh Riley
- Elise M. Stefanik
- Claudia Tenney
- David G. Valadao
- Derrick Van Orden
- Eugene Simon Vindman
- Tony Wied
Text versions
- Introduced in House — 2025-01-09 — XML
What analysts say
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What politicians say
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Action History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 2025-02-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. |
| 2025-02-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit. |
| 2025-01-09 | Introduced in House |
| 2025-01-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. |
Lobbying on this bill
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Honesty note: each filer below disclosed lobbying on this bill — that much the filing tells us. But the dollar figure is their total lobbying spend for the whole quarter across all their issues, not the amount spent on this bill, and the filing never says whether they supported or opposed it.
| Registrant (lobbying firm) | Client | Period | Reported quarterly amount | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION | INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION | Q2 2026 | $270,000 | |
| THE PETERSON GROUP INC | INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION | Q2 2026 | $45,000 | |
| NATIONAL MILK PRODUCERS FEDERATION | NATIONAL MILK PRODUCERS FEDERATION | Q2 2026 | $387,833 | |
| THE PETERSON GROUP INC | INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION | Q1 2026 | $45,000 | |
| INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION | INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION | Q1 2026 | $190,000 | |
| THE GARRISON GROUP LLC | SOUTH EAST DAIRY FARMERS ASSOCIATION | Q1 2026 | $30,000 | |
| THE GARRISON GROUP LLC | IDAHO DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION | Q1 2026 | $20,000 | |
| PENNSYLVANIA FARM BUREAU | PENNSYLVANIA FARM BUREAU | Q1 2026 | $10,000 | |
| NATIONAL MILK PRODUCERS FEDERATION | NATIONAL MILK PRODUCERS FEDERATION | Q1 2026 | $233,047 | |
| PENNSYLVANIA FARM BUREAU | PENNSYLVANIA FARM BUREAU | Q1 2026 | $10,000 |
Source: Senate LDA filings.