MEDIA RELEASE

Farm Service Agency

Public Affairs Staff

1400 Independence Ave SW

Stop 0506, Room 3624-South

Washington, D.C. 20250-0506

Release No. 0152.10

WASHINGTON, March 26, 2010 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today said the first meeting of the newly established Dairy Industry Advisory Committee will be held April 13-15 at USDA headquarters in Washington, D.C., at the Jamie L. Whitten Building. The meeting is open to the public.

The Dairy Industry Advisory Committee was chartered to review farm milk price volatility and dairy farmer profitability. The committee will make recommendations to the secretary on how USDA can best address these issues to meet the dairy industry's needs, both short and long-term. The committee will also provide feedback on how recent actions taken by USDA have affected the dairy industry.

More information about the committee is at: www.fsa.usda.gov/diac. Notice of the meeting is scheduled to be published in the March 26 Federal Register.

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