Many U.S. dairy cooperatives belong to an organization that is the dairy farmers’ chief lobbying voice in the nation’s capital. What is the name of the organization?

Which cooperative marketed the most milk in 2021?

While there were significant disruptions in trade throughout 2021, total US dairy export value _______ when compared to the dairy exports of 2020.

Which countries lead the world in milk production and cattle milk production, respectively?

Milk from this species is the most widely consumed milk in the world?

What item of federal legislation authorized the legality of farmer cooperatives and provided them with legal rights of negotiation for their members in matters related to the pricing structures and marketing of milk products?

The Dairy Research and Promotion Program, also known as the Dairy Checkoff Program, is a national producer and importer program for dairy product promotion, research, and nutrition education. To fund the program, U.S. dairy farmers pay a 15-cents- per hundred-weight assessment on their milk and importers pay _______ per hundred-weight on dairy products imported into the U.S.

To make one pound of butter requires approximately _______ pounds of whole milk.

Who is the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture?

Traditionally, Mozzarella cheese is made from the milk of water buffalo. When compared to mozzarella from dairy cattle milk, mozzarella from water buffalo milk is lower in:

_________ has the greatest number of dairy cows in the world with over 40 million cows.

Which of the following is true of Kefir?

Milk marketing cooperatives

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 _________.

The actual milk check amount received by a dairy farmer is called the _______.

Which country purchased the most dairy products from the United States during 2021?

California, Wisconsin and Idaho were the three largest milk producing states in 2021. Their production accounted for _________ percent of the U.S. milk production in 2021.

Although, some states produce more milk than their population can consume (net exporters of milk), other states do not produce enough milk to fulfill their population needs (net importers of milk). Which of the following states is a net importer of milk?

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.