USDA has announced a final decision to amend the Pacific Northwest and Arizona-Las Vegas Milk Orders.
MO State Milk Board Members
The Missouri Department of Agriculture houses the the Missouri State Milk Board. They just re-appointed 2 members:
Nonfat Dry Milk Donation By USDA
USDA is using nonfat dry milk to help those in need. This announcement was just made at the end of last week.
Appalachian/Southeast Marketing Order Amended
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service just issued a partial final rule that amends the Appalachian and Southeast milk marketing orders. Here’s an excerpt from that partial final rule.
MyPyramid For Kids Includes Dairy
I don’t know if you’re even familiar with USDA’s MyPyramid, the new food guidelines strategy. Today they released news about a whole section of the guidelines targeting kids and including a video game they can play.