National Farmers Union President Rob Larew tells Brownfield the upcoming USDA hearing on potential changes to the Federal Milk Marketing Order system is not addressing the real problem. “Quite honestly, I’m not real thrilled about the hearing. We don’t think it’s the right issue and the right thing to be addressed right now, and so we’ve actually taken a stance in opposition to calling for the hearing.”
The USDA set the scope of next month’s hearing, and it will get into make allowances, the Class I differential formula, advanced pricing, and other issues, but Larew tells Brownfield there are far deeper substantial problems in the dairy industry right now that need action.
