USDA to finally track organic dairy prices like it does conventional milk
H.R. 4110 — The Organic Dairy Data Collection Act · Filed by Chellie Pingree (D-ME) · 6 cosponsors · Introduced Jun 24, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill directs the U.S. Department of Agriculture to collect and publish detailed cost-of-production and pricing data for organic milk—including feed costs, regional prices paid to farmers, and market data—mirroring the data already collected for conventional milk. Organic dairy farmers and the broader market will gain transparency about production costs and fair-market pricing, which is currently unavailable.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole operative mechanism is a mandate for the USDA to collect and publish standardized cost-of-production and pricing data for organic milk. It creates no subsidies, no carve-outs, and no restrictions—only information infrastructure.
What the text implies
- Data collection may reveal cost disparities between organic and conventional production, potentially informing future subsidy or support policy decisions.
- Standardized regional pricing data could strengthen organic dairy farmers' bargaining position with processors and retailers by reducing information asymmetry.
- The bill does not mandate price supports or subsidies; it only requires data publication—implementation costs and any downstream policy responses are not addressed.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
Organic dairy farmers gain access to transparent, standardized pricing and cost data that conventional farmers already have, enabling better market decisions and reducing information asymmetry. The general public benefits from improved market transparency and data-driven agricultural policy.
Who stands to gain
- organic dairy farmers (via improved market transparency and pricing benchmarks)
- agricultural researchers and policy analysts (via expanded public data)
Named in the bill
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Economic Research Service (ERS), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), organic dairy farmers, organic feedstuff producers
Where it stands
6 cosponsors: 3 Democrats, 3 Republicans.
- Jun 24, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jun 24, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Agriculture · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,349 characters) on Jun 3, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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