2023 Objectives

• Be engaged in Federal Milk Marketing Order activities
  • Continue to work with industry partners to promote and implement multiple component pricing in FMMOs in the southeast. May be a window of opportunity to submit proposal in late 2022 with hearing in early 2023.
  • Analyze NMPF’s proposals for a national hearing
  • Monitor IDFA’s national hearing proposals
    • Class I price formula
    • Class III/IV make allowance, yield factors, commodity price surveys
    • Prospects to limit depooling

•  Senate consideration of Farm Workforce Modernization Act

• Research
  • Analyze and promote results of Dr. Mitloehner’s update to the Capper/Cady sustainability analysis.
  • Recruit new research opportunities

• Be active in dairy issues in 2023 Farm Bill
  • Renew Dairy Margin Coverage
  • Expanding milk choice in School Lunch Program
  • Maintaining nutrition programs
  • Support processing plant cost survey

• Organize board and staff communications with Members of Congress and their staffs about priority issues for NAJ, AJCA and the U.S. dairy industry.
  • NAJ has organized in-person visits following the convening of four of the previous five Congresses (not 2021).
  • Dependent on Congress re-establishing in-person meetings.
  • Utilize online meetings? Lower cost. More participation? As effective?

• Monitor and communicate with members about opportunities available through the four regional Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives  

• All-Jersey® and Queen of Quality® programs: (a) enroll new producers, (b) expand services and support provided, (c) develop and promote new products using Jersey milk

• Continue to utilize and analyze the FARM-Environmental Stewardship program as a tool to demonstrate the sustainability advantage of Jerseys

• Develop economic analyses that promote increased use of Jersey genetics

• Look for and advance market arrangements, voluntary and regulated, that obtain or improve Multiple Component Pricing (MCP) for producers not currently receiving MCP or receiving sub-standard MCP

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