Arkansas FFA cde milk quality and products Milk marketing exam 2

Who is the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture?

• Tom Vilsack

• Sonny Perdue

• Ann Veneman

• John Block

A recent survey conducted by Hoard’s Dairyman reported that 55% of dairy farms feed waste milk to ____________.

• first calf heifers

• calves

• 2-year-old cows

• cats

Milk marketing cooperatives ____________.

• provide marketing power for dairy farmers.

• control Federal Orders.

• operate only outside Federal Orders.

• are not permitted by Federal Orders.

Classified pricing under Federal Milk Marketing is a system that assigns value to milk based on the end use of the product. Class II pricing includes milk used to make ____________.

• dry whole milk

• spoonable (soft) dairy products

• mozzarella cheese

• pasteurized milk

The reason Federal Milk Market Administrators test grade A milk for composition and audit records of purchases by dealers is to ____________.

• ensure an adequate supply of milk

• ensure fairness in the marketing of the milk

• help dealers with their business affairs

• keep the government informed

What is the term that is an estimate of what it costs to transform milk into a finished dairy product like butter or cheese?

• Cost ratio

• Make allowance

• Competitive pay price

• Price adjustment

Created by the Fluid Milk Promotion Act of 1990, this organization collects an assessment from processors marketing more than 3 million pounds of milk and develops and finances generic advertising programs to expand markets and uses of US fluid milk products.

• Dairy Marketing Inc.

• National Milk Producers Federation

• National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board

• International Dairy Federation

The Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program offers protection to dairy producers when the difference between the all-milk-price and the average feed price (the margin) falls below a certain dollar amount selected by the producer. In 2021, the DMC program made indemnity payments totaling nearly to producers who chose to be covered.

• $990,000

• $1.2 million

• $1.2 billion

• $5.0 billion

Which was the top yogurt producing state in 2021?

• Wisconsin

• California

• New York

• Idaho

Which cooperative marketed the most milk in 2021?

• Associated Milk Producers, Inc.

• Dairy Farmers of America

• Land O’Lakes

• Southwest Dairy Farmers