# Weekly Digest: Lawmakers target school milk, milk pricing - Progressive Dairy | Ag Proud

> A bipartisan group of more than 50 House members urged USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack to make school low-fat flavored milk flexibility permanent. The USDA currently allows this flexibility through the 2021-22 school year. The letter cites data showing 79% of 9 to 13-year-olds fall short of recommended dairy intake.

- Date: 2021-06-02 · published 2021-06-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/5682-weekly-digest-lawmakers-target-school-milk-milk-pricing-progressive-dairy-ag
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Permanent flexibility could raise school milk sales, which would add modest demand for fluid milk. The effect on prices is small because school volumes are a small share of the total market.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral

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## Sources

- agproud.com: https://www.agproud.com/articles/35656-weekly-digest-lawmakers-target-school-milk-milk-pricing

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