Group meets to address immediate and long-term challenges facing the state’s dairy industry. State ag secretary is “impressed by the progress made.”

Source: Western United Dairymen Weekly Update

California’s newly formed 28-member Dairy Future Task Force -- composed of dairy producers, processors and cooperatives -- held its first meeting this week to address immediate and long-term challenges facing the state’s dairy industry.

CDFA Secretary Karen Ross announced the panel’s creation earlier this summer, after hearing a petition by producer groups to adjust the state’s whey factor in Class 4b minimum milk pricing formula. The action came in the face of skyrocketing drought-related feed costs, forcing many producers into bankruptcy.

California Dairy Future Task Force members David Ahlem, Hilmar Joey Airoso, Tipton Joe Augusto, Visalia Tom Barcellos, Tipton Marcus Benedetti, Petaluma Ben Curti, Tulare Rochelle De Groot, Hanford Joe DeHoog, Ontario Lucas Deniz, Petaluma Eric Erba, Visalia Frank Fereira, Red Bluff READ MORE Previous  |  1   2   3    |  Next See Comments RELATED TOPICS: Dairy, Policy   Log In or Sign Up to comment COMMENTS Report inappropriate comment Type of Abuse: Swearing Invalid Content Comments: No comments have been posted, be the first one to comment. Login to post comments. Login to post comments. Name: Comments: Receive the latest news, information and commentary customized for you. Sign up to receive the AgWeb Daily eNewsletter today!. Hot Links & Cool Tools                  View More>>   MOST POPULAR THIS WEEK THIS MONTH Grain Prices Continue to Retrace 2012 Drought Rally Yet Another Blow to Corn Planting Corn Yields Relative to Planting Pace Four Tips to Give Soybeans a Good Start Crop Insurance Cuts: Will You Be Affected? Monsanto Wins Seed Case as High Court Backs Patent Rights Look for a $4 Harvest Price on Corn Downside Risk in the Corn Market April Showers (and Snow) Bring Market Chaos Grain Prices Continue to Retrace 2012 Drought Rally ALSO RECOMMENDED LATEST HEADLINES MOST COMMENTED New Kuhn Large Square Bale Wrapper Train Employees for Better Protocol Compliance Crop Insurance Cuts: Will You Be Affected? Todd Wilson Named Central Order Market Administrator April Dairy Cow Culling Up High-Profile Probes Create Cooling-Off Period for Immigration Proposals U.S. Tightens Country-of-Origin Meat Labeling After WTO Ruling Immigration Reform: Landscape of California Agriculture at Stake Dairy Price Rebound Ahead after GDT Cool-Down? Top Ten Political Issues Facing Agriculture Clinton: Biofuels Could Lead to Food Riots Food Shortages in America? Nearly 2,000 Farmers Share Voting Intentions Farmers React to Obama's Atkinson, Ill., Town Hall Ethanol Subsidy Under Fire Tea Party Victory Will Shine Light on Ag Spending Ethanol's Dark Livestock Legacy The Raw Milk Gamble CWT Membership Exceeds 60% of Milk Supply 15 Minutes with HSUS President Wayne Pacelle   Enter Zip Code below to view live local results: Cash Bids: LDP Quotes:     AgWeb.com Farm Journal Legacy Project Top Producer Dairy Today Beef Today Pro Farmer Ag Day TV US Farm Report AgriTalk Cattle-Exchange.com Farm Journal Media Ultimate Farm Quest Corn College Marketing Rally Farmers Feeding the World Farmers Feeding the World - test Outdoors on the Farm Baxter Black Machinery Minute Consumer Ag Connection Radio AgWeb Radio Tractor Tales PFA Pioneer Blog TPEN The Home Page of Agriculture About Farm Journal Media|Careers|Contact Us|Advertise|Lite Version|RSS|Twitter|Facebook|YouTube © 2013 Farm Journal, Inc. All Rights Reserved|Web site design and development by AmericanEagle.com|Site Map|Privacy Policy|Terms & Conditions