National Milk Producers Federation

Producers and their cooperatives in all ten Federal Milk Marketing Orders have approved amended language raising the manufacturing allowances in the formulas for Class III and IV products. USDA gave notice on December 29th that the new make allowances will go into effect on February 1, 2007. This means that all classified prices for January will be calculated with the old make allowances, and all classified prices for February will be calculated with the new ones. More ...

The Bush administration said last week it will further open the border to imports of Canadian cattle, including dairy replacements, despite questions about Canadian safeguards against BSE, or mad cow disease. The U.S. initially placed a ban on Canadian cattle and beef in May 2003, when that country's first case of mad cow disease was found. More ...

The Food and Drug Administration formally released its draft risk assessment Dec. 28th on the safety of meat and milk from cloned animals. The FDA's initial review of research submitted to the agency is that cloned animals and their products are as safe to consume as conventionally-bred animals. More ...

The 110th Congressional session began last week, making history with the first-ever woman serving as Speaker of the House. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was elected to that position at the beginning of the session. Democratic Congressional leaders have identified a host of issues they plan to tackle early on during this session, including raising the minimum wage. More ...

Roger Cryan, Ph.D, has been promoted to Vice President of Milk Marketing & Economics, Daniela Bals, previously a Coordinator, has been promoted to Manager, Regulatory Affairs and Mary Knigge has been promoted to Manager, Communications and YC Programs. More ...

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