2020 Milk Marketing

What piece of US legislation made farmer cooperatives legal?

• Sherman Act

• Capper-Volstead Act

• Farm Bill

• Barkley Act

With few exceptions U.S. commercial disappearance of dairy products in 2018 was better than 2017 levels. However, products that fell short of the 2017 levels were significant. Two of these products were ________.

• cheese and butter

• yogurt and cheese

• butter and fluid milk

• nonfat dry milk and skim milk powder

A Federal Milk Marketing Order is not authorized unless two-thirds of the ________ in the proposed marketing area approves its implementation.

• dairy cooperatives supplying milk to

• producers supplying milk to

• cheese processors manufacturing milk from

• handlers processing milk in

Under the Federal Milk Marketing Orders, Class I milk is the highest priced utilization. In 2018, the highest Class I price was in the ________ federal milk order.

• Upper Midwest

• Northeast

• Southeast

• California

Milk has more protein than you may think. An 8-ounce glass of real milk has ________ times more protein than plant-based beverages, like almond “milk”. In addition, milk protein is a complete protein, while most plant protein sources are missing some of the amino acids your body needs.

• 2

• 8

• 20

• 31

A Federal milk order is a regulation, issued by __________, which places certain requirements on the first buyers of milk from dairy farmers within a certain geographical area.

• the Secretary of Agriculture

• Congress

• each state’s Governor

• state legislatures

Federal Milk Marketing Orders are a __________ program that defines the terms under which handlers of milk within a specific marketing order purchase milk from dairy farmers.

• mandatory

• congressionally required

• elected

• voluntary

__________ cheese is the nation’s biggest cheese category reflecting amazing production growth. Every single month during 2018 this cheese topped 2017 monthly production totals.

• Cheddar

• Swiss

• Edam

• Mozzarella

One gallon of milk weighs approximately __________ pounds.

• 5.5

• 7.8

• 8.6

• 10.1

What is the name of the USDA program that pays dairy farmers that signed up if the margin of the monthly measures for the price of milk and the cost of feed is less than $9.50?

• Margin Protection Program

• Whole herd buy out

• Dairy Margin Coverage

• Dairy Support Price