# Pricing Amendments to the Federal Milk Marketing Orders - EveryCRSReport.com

> A Congressional Research Service brief explains the Federal Milk Marketing Order system, which sets minimum producer prices for fluid milk. It outlines the 1996 and 2018 farm bill reforms and notes that Congress may consider further amendments in the 119th session.

- Date: 2025-02-24 · published 2025-02-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/26045-pricing-amendments-to-the-federal-milk-marketing-orders-everycrsreport-com
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Changes to uniform pricing formulas can shift producer milk revenue across regions, but the brief describes background rules rather than a new market shock.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2025-01-16 | [USDA Issues Final Rule on Amendments to the Federal Milk Marketing Orders \| Agricultural Marketing Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26516-usda-issues-final-rule-on-amendments-to-the-federal-milk-marketing-orders.md) | +0.0% | +0.2% |
| MILK | 2024-07-01 | [USDA Issues Recommended Decision Proposing Amendments to  all Eleven Federal Milk Marketing Orders \| Agricultural Marketing Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29262-usda-issues-recommended-decision-proposing-amendments-to-all-eleven-federal.md) | -0.7% | -0.5% |
| MILK | 2024-07-15 | [Milk in the Northeast and Other Marketing Areas; Proposed Amendments to Marketing Agreements and Orders \| 89 FR 57580](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29418-milk-in-the-northeast-and-other-marketing-areas-proposed-amendments-to.md) | +0.5% | +3.6% |
| MILK | 2025-02-01 | [Evaluating the Implications of the USDA AMS Final Decision on Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMOs)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26672-evaluating-the-implications-of-the-usda-ams-final-decision-on-federal-milk.md) | -1.3% | -0.8% |
| MILK | 2018-02-16 | [Agriculture Funding in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018  - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66479-agriculture-funding-in-the-bipartisan-budget-act-of-2018-everycrsreport-com.md) | -0.3% | +6.2% |

## Sources

- everycrsreport.com: https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/IF12923.html

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