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Worksheets2024 Milk Marketing
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Federal Milk Market Orders provide __________ to distribute money fairly among producers supplying milk to a market.
a milk cooperative
a producer settlement fund
a producer supply-demand equalization board
a board of commissioners
Which variety of cheese represents the largest wholesale sales volume, annually, in the U.S.?
Cheddar
Swiss
Mozzarella
American
Under the Federal Milk Marketing Orders, Class I milk is normally the highest priced utilization. In 2023, the highest Class I price was in the federal milk order.
California
Northwest
Northeast
Southeast
In a Federal Milk Order, Class II includes soft products like ice cream, which of the following products would be a Class III product?
butter
hard cheese
cottage cheese
milk powder (NFDM)
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
state legislatures
dairy cooperatives supplying the area
Congress
Many U.S. dairy manufacturing companies belong to an organization that is the dairy processors' chief lobbying voice in the nation's capital. What is the name of the organization?
Dairy Marketing Inc.
National Milk Producers Federation
National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board
International Dairy Foods Association
What is the term used to describe the processing credits that are designed to reflect the average processing costs associated with producing cheese, butter, nonfat dry milk, or dry whey?
Make allowance
Producer Price differential
Cost ratio
Competitive pay price
What share of the world's milk comes from cows?
97%
92%
86%
81%
Over half of the top 50 U.S. dairy cooperatives belong to an organization that is dairy farmers' chief lobbying voice in the nation's capital. What is the name of the organization?
International Dairy Foods Association
Dairy Farmers of America
Fonterra
National Milk Producers Federation
What two dairy product prices are largely determined by export opportunities and greatly affect the milk price paid to farmers?
Nonfat dry milk and skim milk powder
Cheese and skim milk powder
Ice cream and whole milk
Nonfat dry milk and yogurt
To make one pound of butter requires approximately ___ pounds of whole milk.
8
12
22
40
Milk used to make ice cream would be priced in what Federal Order class?
Class I
Class II
Class III
Class IV
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 essential amino acids your body needs.
3
8
10
13
What state has the greatest deficit of dairy products when comparing milk production to population?
Florida
South Dakota
Louisiana
North Carolina
Despite the market volume decreasing across the last couple of decades, ____________ remains the most popular kind of dairy product.
yogurt
ice cream
cheese
fresh fluid milk
One gallon of 40% cream weighs approximately ___________ pounds.
8.3
8.6
9.2
10
Which state had the most dairy farms in 2023, totaling 5,920 dairy farms?
California
New York
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
U.S. 2023 milk production totalled 228.4 billion pounds, a decrease of 52 million pounds over 2022. Which state produced the most milk in 2023?
California
Texas
Wisconsin
New York
What piece of US legislation made farmer cooperatives legal?
Sherman Act
Capper-Volstead Act
Farm Bill
Barkley Act
As of May 2023, the current United States Secretary of Agriculture is __________.
Mike Johnson
Sonny Perdue
Tom Vilsack
Ann M. Veneman
