PRB Recommends a Survey Contractor
June 14 was the deadline for additional interested parties to submit proposals for consideration by USDA as it decides whether to call a Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) hearing. Twelve organizations submitted a total of 38 proposals by the deadline. The proposals deal with almost all aspects of the FMMO regulations, and each proponent was able to explain from a technical standpoint what they have in mind at a Zoom meeting on June 16. USDA said that if there is a hearing it will start on August 23 and be held in a suburb of Indianapolis, Indiana. If it decides to hold a hearing, the actual hearing notice and the scope of the hearing will be announced sometime over the next few weeks.
The Producer Review Board (PRB) met this week to review proposals from a contractor to conduct the five-year review of producer opinions on the operation of the Quota Implementation Program. Despite a public notice seeking proposals, in the end, there was only one contractor who submitted a proposal to do the survey. The PRB reviewed and scored that proposal and then decided to recommend its adoption to the Secretary. There will be another PRB meeting later in July to meet with that contractor to give input into the details of the survey.
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