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Agricultural Council of California’s (Ag Council) dairy co-op members – Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) and Land O’Lakes, Inc. – participated in the successful opposition effort through a partnership with Sonoma County Farm Bureau and joined by others in the dairy community.

The historically large victory sent a clear message from voters about the importance of family farms in California.

“We viewed this ballot measure as the potential starting point of additional challenges for the dairy industry,” Melvin Medeiros, chairman of DFA’s Western Area Council and Ag Council’s dairy committee said. “We knew immediately that we had to engage and support the locals in their effort to defeat this measure at home.”

Ag Council President Emily Rooney Rooney said, “The outcome of Measure J shows that Sonoma County voters value local, family farms and California-produced ag products, which are part of the fabric of the community.”