Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers Act
- Bill Number
- S. 581
- Origin Chamber
- Senate
- Congress
- 119th Congress, Session 1
- Policy Area
- Agriculture and Food
- Status
- Introduced
- Latest Action
- 2025-02-13: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- Last Updated
- 2026-02-18T14:42:23Z
Official Summary
Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers Act
This bill requires manufacturers to report production cost and product yield information for all dairy products processed in the same facility or facilities to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting Program. Further, USDA must publish a report containing the information obtained under these new requirements and publish a report every two years thereafter.
As background, under the Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting Program, USDA must collect certain dairy product sales information from manufacturers and release the data on a weekly basis.
Sponsor
Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Cosponsors (2)
Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME], Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Recent Actions
- 2025-02-13: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- 2025-02-13: Introduced in Senate
Bill Versions
- Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers Act — issued 2025-02-13 — PDF (3 pages)