USDA Dairy Data Drive: Farmers Urged to Comment by August
Published Date: 7/17/2025
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Summary
The Department of Agriculture wants your thoughts on a new info collection about dairy markets to help farmers and buyers get better prices and balance supply and demand. If you’re involved in dairy or agriculture, this could affect you! Comments are open until August 18, 2025, and the goal is to keep things clear and easy without costing extra time or money.
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 1 mixed.
USDA Dairy Market News provides market data
If you are a dairy farmer or dairy industry stakeholder, USDA's Dairy Market News (DMN) collects information to make market reports used for production, purchasing, and sales decisions. The DMN information collection is estimated to involve 120 respondents annually and a total reporting burden of 518 hours.
Dairy data collection imposes reporting time
The DMN information collection will require industry respondents to provide data annually, with USDA estimating 120 respondents and a combined total burden of 518 hours per year. Respondents provide information by email, telephone, or meetings and use records kept in normal business practice.
Butterfat testing switched to record reviews
USDA proposes replacing butterfat testing performed by a USDA inspector with an annual on-site review of a plant's butterfat testing records, which plants keep as part of normal business practice. This collection is estimated to involve 17 respondents annually and a total burden of 85 hours, and recordkeeping is required to authorize on-site review.
Organic mushroom and pet food rule adds paperwork
The final rule on organic mushrooms and organic pet food requires certified organic operations to verify that their Organic System Plans (OSPs) meet the new requirements and may require minor adjustments to recordkeeping and reporting. USDA estimates 519 respondents with a total annual burden of 2,371 hours, and the rule allows nonorganic plant materials in mushroom substrate when equivalent organic materials are not commercially available, which will require additional documentation.
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