USDA to publish organic dairy prices and costs—farmers gain market transparency
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 and price data for organic dairy farming—including production costs, feed prices, and what farmers are paid for their milk. It creates a new monthly survey (the Organic All Milk Prices Survey) and requires USDA to publish regular reports on organic dairy economics by state and region, mirroring the data already collected for conventional dairy.
Why we flagged it
The bill's core function is to mandate USDA data collection and publication on organic dairy economics. It is a straightforward transparency and information-access measure, not a subsidy, price control, or regulatory carve-out.
What the text implies
- Increased data transparency may enable organic dairy farmers to negotiate better prices with processors and retailers by reducing information asymmetry.
- Regional price reporting could highlight geographic disparities in organic milk pricing, potentially spurring policy attention to underserved regions.
The full analysis lists 4 implications of this text.
Who stands to gain
organic dairy farmers; agricultural data analytics firms; farm management software providers