Here’s a chance for you as a dairy farmer to make sure your opinion is heard. Terry Etherton, dairy and animal science department head at Penn State University, is encouraging producers to make sure their governor and state leaders know how they feel about false or misleading milk labels.

Pennsylvania’s effort to rid milk labels of false or misleading claims has generated negative comments by some in the public. “There are folks telling the governor that this is stupid,” Terry Etherton, dairy and animal science department head at Penn State University, said last week at the Penn State Dairy Cattle Nutrition Workshop in Grantville, Pa. However, “the silence from the dairy industry has been deafening.” Share your opinion with the governor of your state — even if this issue has not yet reached your state. “Call them up, send a letter and say what you need to say about the issue,” Etherton said. “Animal agriculture is largely sitting there watching, and that’s a tragedy.”