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Home » Press Releases » American Dairy Coalition: After significant cuts to milk checks, farmers call for transparency as USDA begins rulemaking for audited cost surveys
CHILTON, Wis., April 8, 2026 — Dairy farmers are feeling the drain as a key change in federal milk pricing has erased nearly 20 years of gradual modest progress in their milk checks, virtually overnight. American Dairy Coalition (ADC) is calling on USDA to bring transparency to the system, filing comments with the Agricultural Marketing Service by the March 30 deadline on the rulemaking notic...