USDA Requests Comments on Proposed Dairy Import Assessment Rule
July 8, 2009
USDA Requests Comments on Proposed Dairy Import Assessment Rule
At the beginning of June, USDA opened a comment period to consider public reaction to their proposal regarding how to adjust the Dairy Checkoff program to comply with the new Farm Bill legislation and apply the Dairy Import Assessment on imported casein, MPC, cheese, butter, and other products.
NMPF stated that it was a fundamental matter of fairness that all parties who benefit from the U.S. dairy marketplace pay to help grow that market, and urged all of its cooperatives to submit comments to indicate the widespread support for the issue and the urgency of moving quickly to put out a final rule. Comments were due to USDA by June 18th.
