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House
Of Representatives Approves Farm Bill Legislation Containing
NMPF Provisions
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 The
House of Representatives gave final approval to a new
Farm Bill containing all of the major elements that
the National Milk Producers Federation had sought when
the process of writing a farm bill in Congress began
earlier this year. After turning back a challenge led
by Rep. Ron Kind to replace mainstream farm programs
with a radical alternative, the House approved the farm
bill written by the House Agriculture Committee by a
vote of 231 to 191. More
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IDairy Receives $1 Million From USDA To Move Forward Registering
Premises In The Dairy Industry
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 The
U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that the National
Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) will receive a grant
of up to $1 million intended to register dairy premises
under the National Animal Identification System (NAIS).
NMPF will use the money to work with its IDairy coalition
partners to further the registration effort. More
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Annual Meeting Update
 The
program for the 2007 joint NMPF-National Dairy Board-
United Dairy Industry Association Annual Meeting will
feature dynamic and informative speakers from the worlds
of sports & entertainment and politics as well as
the dairy industry. This year's multi-faceted program
will include the Orlando Magic's General Manager Pat Williams,
along with former Florida governor and Senator Bob Graham
and Leprino Foods CEO Larry Jensen. More
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Federal Order Task Force Meets
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NMPF's Federal Order Task Force met with processors to
hear their ideas on price regulation, made a recommendation
on price data collection, and narrowed its alternatives
to the current Class price formulas. The all-day meeting
in Chicago on July 24 featured representatives from Kraft
Foods and Dean Foods, who discussed their ideas on Federal
order regulation. More
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EPA Extends Clean Water Act Deadlines for
Animal Feeding Operations
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To respond properly to citizen comment on a federal court
order, EPA today announced a final rule extending certain
compliance deadlines from July 31, 2007 to Feb. 27, 2009
for concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). More
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