Dairy

Consumer egg prices could double in many states if an amendment to the Egg Products Inspection Act isn't passed by Congress, egg farmers testified today in a hearing before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. 45,000 egg-industry jobs in 24 states  could soon be at risk they said if this legislation isn't passed, allowing dozens of contradictory and unworkable state laws proscribing farm egg production standards to spring up instead. …

With the desire to support its consumer with an open forum to share cooking tips, recipes and culinary dreams, PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese created an interactive online community – Real Women of Philadelphia. Now, Jillian Harris, former star of popular ABC reality shows The Bachelorette and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and the new host the W Network’s Love It or List It is teaming up with Real Women of Philadelphia to give one of its members his or her very own “Kitchen of Dreams” valued at more than $45,000. …

While it has been only a short seven months since I last addressed this topic, many in the dairy industry continue to cite the myth that retail fluid milk prices do not change when farm milk prices do. Just this week, a press release by the National Milk Producers Federation said, “Consumers really should be asking if the price they pay at retail for dairy products have dropped by the same amount. The answer is, retail prices haven’t changed, even as the farm price this year has reflected the fact that supply has raced ahead of demand.” …

At its annual reorganization meeting in Madison, the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board (WMMB) directors elected a new slate of officers for Fiscal Year 2013, which began July 1, 2012 and concludes June 30, 2013. …

Horizon Organic® announced the 2012 recipients of the Horizon Organic Producer Education (HOPE) Scholarships, which were established to encourage young people to enter the field of organic agriculture. …