Dairy farmers deserve a fair farm gate milk price. Make the most of your milk check and Join the NFFC Dairy Campaign!
* Create and advocate for an effective alternative dairy policy.
* Fight for a fair farm-gate milk price that includes the cost
of production, plus a profit.
* Analyze and expose the impact of increasing corporate concentration,
particularly within the dairy industry, and increase competitive
markets. Read Questioning the Future of Dairy Policy: Are Large Dairy Farms Sustainable?
The Dairy Subcommittee operates as part of the Farm and Food
Policy Task. NFFC organizations with dairy farmer constituents
formed the Subcommittee to address the need for a national forum
to coordinate effective responses to the current dairy crisis.
The Dairy Subcommittee is composed of dairy farmers who work
for long-term policy solutions. Participants represent farm and
rural organizations from all over the country, but concentrated
in the Northeast and Midwest. Mostly dairy farmers, Subcommittee
members have expertise conducting research and analysis on dairy
issues, working with public officials to seek policy change, and
providing information to the press and media.
The Dairy Subcommittee amplifies the members' collective ability
to impact public policy by providing focus and resources. The
NFFC's Washington D.C. farm policy staff increases the Subcommittee's
access to federal legislators and regulators, as well as to other
national organizations concerned with farm and food policy issues.
Current Priorities:
1. Defend the integrity of dairy products-protecting the Food
and Drug Administration's current definition of milk, yogurt,
and ice cream.
2. Petition U.S. and state governments to enforce and uphold
the law-particularly Food and Drug Administration's warning companies
that use an illegal dairy ingredient called milk protein concentrate.
3. Explore and promote alternative marketing and production models
for dairy products.
4. Network with consumer, student, religious, and other groups
to build a coalition that advocates for social justice within
various dairy issues.
5. Provide an effective voice for dairy farmers, offering an
alternative to corporate fronts that purport to represent family
farmers through cooperatives.
6. Expose corporations' price manipulation on the Chicago Mercantile
Exchange (CME).
• Dairy Letter to the President
• Alternative Dairy Title (part of the FFFA)
• Illegal Milk Protein Concentrates
• Chicago Mercantile Exchange: unfair price setting
• rGBH: Why You Don't Want It In Your Milk
• Anti-trust
and Concentration in the Dairy Industry
