Milk Quality and Products

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Many U.S. dairy cooperatives belong to an organization that is the dairy farmers' chief lobbying voice in the nation's capital. What is the name of the organization?

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National Milk Producers Federation

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Who is the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture?

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Tom Vilsack

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A recent survey conducted by Hoard's Dairyman reported that 55% of dairy farms feed waste milk to

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calves

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Milk marketing cooperatives

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provide marketing power for dairy farmers.

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The reason Federal Milk Market Administrators test grade A milk for composition and audit records of purchases by dealers is to

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ensure an adequate supply of milk

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What is the term that is an estimate of what it costs to transform milk into a finished dairy product like butter or cheese? These estimates are important because the values are used by USDA in setting the monthly minimum prices that regulated plants must pay for the components in your milk checks?

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Make allowance

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Created by the Fluid Milk Promotion Act of 1990, this organization collects an assessment from processors marketing more than 3 million pounds of milk and develops and finances generic advertising programs to expand markets and uses of US fluid milk products.

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National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board

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What was the total indemnity payments made by the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program to producers in 2021? Options: $990,000, $1.2 million, $1.2 billion, $5.0 billion

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$1.2 billion

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Which was the top yogurt producing state in 2021?

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New York

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Which cooperative marketed the most milk in 2021? Options: Associated Milk Producers, Inc., Dairy Farmers of America, Land O'Lakes, Southwest Dairy Farmers

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Dairy Farmers of America