Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers Act

Senate Bill

S. 581

119th Congress

Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers Act

In Committee

Introduced:Feb 13, 2025

Primary Sponsor

Kirsten E. Gillibrand

Senator

Democratic

NY

Cosponsors

2

Quick Stats

Policy Area

Agriculture and Food

Summary

This bill requires dairy manufacturers to report production costs and product yields to USDA under the Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting Program. USDA must publish reports on this information every two years.

Latest Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

AI Summary

Plain-English explanation of this bill

This bill requires dairy manufacturers to report production costs and product yields to USDA under the Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting Program. USDA must publish reports on this information every two years.

Last updated: 1/5/2026

Official Summary

Congressional Research Service summary

Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers ActThis bill requires manufacturers to report production cost and product yield information for all dairy products processed in the same facility or facilities to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting Program. Further, USDA must publish a report containing the information obtained under these new requirements and publish a report every two years thereafter.As background, under the Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting Program, USDA must collect certain dairy product sales information from manufacturers and release the data on a weekly basis.

Key Points

Main provisions of the bill

Requires dairy manufacturers to report production costs
Must report product yields for all facilities
Expands USDA Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting
USDA publishes biennial reports on the data
Increases transparency in dairy pricing

How This Impacts Americans

Potential effects on citizens and communities

Dairy farmers would have more information about what processors pay and earn, potentially helping them negotiate better milk prices. Greater transparency could reveal how value is distributed across the dairy supply chain.

Policy Areas

Primary Policy Area

Agriculture and Food

Scope & Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction Level

federal

Congressional Session

119th Congress

Citation Reference

581, 119th Congress (2025). "Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers Act". Source: Voter's Right Platform. https://votersright.org/bills/118-s-581