WASHINGTON, May 20, 2010 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the second meeting of the Dairy Industry Advisory Committee will be June 3-4 at USDA headquarters in Washington, D.C., in room 104-A of the Jamie L. Whitten Building. The meeting is open to the public.

The purpose of the meeting is to discuss farm milk price volatility and dairy farmer profitability, review current USDA programs and federal dairy policy, hear proposals from dairy industry groups and hear comments from the public.

The public can submit written comments for the committee’s consideration and find additional information on the committee website at www.fsa.usda.gov/diac. Notice of the meeting was published in the May 12 Federal Register.

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