June 24, 2025
Ms. Pingree (for herself, Mr. Wied, and Mr. Langworthy) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
To provide for the improved collection of data for organic dairy, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the The Organic Dairy Data Collection Act
.
Sec. 2. Improved data collection for organic dairy
(a) In general
The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this Act as the Secretary) shall provide support for regional and national programs to collect and publish cost-of-production data for organic milk, including data relating to—
(1)
the costs of major organic feedstuffs, including—
(A)
corn;
(B)
corn silage;
(C)
soybeans;
(D)
sorghum;
(E)
oilseeds;
(F)
small grains;
(G)
forage crops;
(H)
pasture;
(I)
hay; and
(J)
any other major organic feedstuff, as determined by the Secretary;
(2)
with respect to the costs described in paragraph (1), prices for—
(A)
major organic feedstuffs produced domestically; and
(B)
imported major organic feedstuffs; and
(3)
all other costs relating to the production of organic milk.
(b) Organic All Milk Price Survey
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a survey, to be known as the Organic All Milk Prices Survey
, which shall be analogous to the existing All Milk Prices Survey of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, to gather and report monthly data about the amounts that organic dairy farmers are being paid for the organic milk produced by those organic dairy farmers and the prices received for organic milk cows, including—
(1)
national data; and
(2)
data relating to, at a minimum, the 6 regions with the greatest quantity of organic dairy production, as determined by the Secretary.
(c) Organic milk reporting
(1) In general
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, using data collected by the National Agricultural Statistics Service, the Economic Research Service, or the Agricultural Marketing Service, shall publish new periodic reports that include, or add to existing periodic reports, data for organic milk, which shall be equivalent to data reported for conventionally produced milk.
(2) Requirement
Reports published under paragraph (1) shall include, at a minimum—
(A)
organic cost-of-production data by State;
(B)
regional data relating to the quantity of organic milk production;
(C)
organic mailbox price for the 6 regions with the greatest quantity of organic dairy production, as determined by the Secretary; and
(D)
major organic feedstuff prices.