Sponsors (18)
Want me to put this bill in plain English?
This is not an official government website.
Copyright © 2026 PLEJ LC. All rights reserved.
Requires dairy processors who already submit production reports to also provide production cost and product-yield information for all products processed at the same facility, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture. The USDA must publish an initial report using that data within three years of enactment and then update the report every two years; the bill also makes minor technical edits to punctuation and cross-references in the statute.
Add a new subparagraph (C) to subsection (b)(1) requiring that, for each manufacturer required to report under subparagraph (A) for any product, that manufacturer must report production cost and product yield information (as determined by the Secretary) for all products processed in the same facility or facilities.
Add subsection (d)(3) titled 'Dairy products processing costs' requiring the Secretary to publish a report containing the information obtained under subparagraph (C) of subsection (b)(1).
The Secretary must publish the report not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this paragraph, and every 2 years thereafter.
Technical and formatting amendments in subsection (b) and subsection (d), including: striking 'and' at the end of subparagraph (A)(ii); changing the period at the end of subparagraph (B) to '; and'; unspecified insertion in paragraph (2)(A); and striking/inserting text in subsection (d) headings and paragraph (1) to replace instances of 'this section'. These are non-substantive wording and punctuation edits as presented.
Who is affected and how:
Dairy processors and manufacturers: Directly affected. Firms already required to report for at least one product will now have to collect and submit production cost and yield data for all products processed in the same facility as determined by the Secretary. This expands their reporting burden, may require new internal accounting or tracking systems, and raises potential confidentiality and competitive concerns about cost data.
USDA (Secretary of Agriculture and staff): Responsible for collecting the new data, analyzing it, and publishing a public report within three years and biennially thereafter. USDA must design reporting guidance, data collection formats, and internal processes to aggregate and publish the information.
Dairy farmers and suppliers: Indirectly affected. Increased transparency in processing costs and yields may influence market analysis, price-setting, and bargaining, though the law does not change pricing mechanisms directly.
Consumers and market analysts: Indirectly benefit from greater public information about processing costs and yields, which could improve market transparency and inform policy and business decisions.
No new funding is specified in the text for implementation, so affected processors may face compliance costs and USDA may need to use existing resources to carry out the collection and reporting requirements.
Overall effect: The primary effect is to expand mandatory reporting requirements to include cost and yield data for dairy processing, increasing transparency but adding compliance work for processors and administrative work for USDA. The technical edits do not substantially change policy.
Expand sections to see detailed analysis
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced January 9, 2025 by Nicholas A. Langworthy · Last progress January 9, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced in House