• 2023 DMC enrollment period closes Dec. 9
• Continue using current Form I-9
• USDA extends comment period for organic livestock handling rules
• Proposal blocks SEC GHG emission disclosure requirements for farms

On Oct. 4, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) called on the EPA to pause their Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rulemaking after the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Sackett v. EPA, a case that will determine the EPA’s authority to regulate bodies of water under the Clean Water Act.

Impacts of higher processing costs could drive the spread between all-milk and mailbox prices wider.

• 2023 DMC enrollment period is Oct. 17-Dec. 9
• Farm bill dairy provisions reviewed
• California, New York approve farm labor laws
• GDT product prices decline
• Ag producer sentiment drifts lower

Numerous projects approved in first round of funding focus on dairy producers and commodities.

Digest highlights
• FARM Program seeks comments for Animal Care Version 5 revisions
• ‘Dairy’ major recipient in first round of USDA ‘climate-smart’ project funding
• Darigold building $600 million dairy protein, butter facility
• Checkoff competition focuses on calming benefits

• USDA cuts 2022-23 milk production forecasts, raises 2023 price projections
• SMI adds dairy transportation director
• AMPI announces leadership transition
• Hiland Dairy acquires Borden Dairy assets in Texas
• House Ag Committee adds online farm bill comment form

• USDA reopens comment period on NDB reapportionment proposal
• Congressional letter cites concerns over proposed SEC GHG reporting rule
• Ocean Shipping Reform Act approved in House
• Danone North America seeks ‘zero waste to landfill’ by 2025
• Midwest dairy industry grants available
• California pilot project delivers 190,000 pounds of cheese to feeding programs
• Northeast FMMO authorizes milk disposal
• House sets farm bill listening session
• Dairy absent from Senate ag committee hearing witness list

• NMPF discussing policy proposals
• GDT price index rises
• Pennsylvania dairy partnership targets hunger
• DFA Nerd Herd campaign turns up the heat on milk
• Northeast virtual tours attract 25,000 students
• Prairie Farms hosting Extraordin-DAIRY celebration
• 2022 Census of Agriculture sign-up deadline is June 30
• Proposal boosts plant-based meal reimbursement
• California QIP assessment to be lowered
• Input costs drive ag producer sentiment down