Today is the day when bills in the Iowa Senate must clear a Senate Committee or they are pretty much dead for the year.
When it comes to Senate Files (SF) 287 and 310, two
Continue Reading Iowa raw milk bills may need life support after today
Today is the day when bills in the Iowa Senate must clear a Senate Committee or they are pretty much dead for the year.
When it comes to Senate Files (SF) 287 and 310, two…
Continue Reading Iowa raw milk bills may need life support after today
Today, Ottawa area farmer Michael IIgert is scheduled to ask for removal of a cease and desist order that prevents him from selling or distributing milk that has not been pasteurized.
A hearing is set…
Continue Reading Raw milk producer appeals cease and desist order today
With strong support from Republican members, the Montana House of Representatives approved a bill to allow the sale of unpasteurized raw milk by more than a two-to-one margin this week.
Rep. Nancy Ballance’s House Bill …
Continue Reading Montana House OKs some raw milk sales, sends bill to Senate
Three bills introduced into the Illinois General Assembly loosen up cottage food sales and promote farmers markets, but apparently are not intended to alter the state’s new raw milk law.
Illinois in 2016 aligned itself…
Continue Reading Illinois new raw milk rules get first legislative tests
A bill that would allow the sale of unpasteurized raw milk in Montana is scheduled for a second reading before the state’s full House of Representatives today after earning committee approval by a one-vote margin.
Continue Reading Montana House committee OKs raw milk bill by 12-11 vote
Six lobbyists who appear to represent a coalition of agriculture and public health entities in Iowa filed Monday as opponents of Senate File 287, which would allow unpasteurized raw milk to be sold to “a…
Continue Reading ‘Final consumer’ could purchase raw milk under Iowa bill
The bill to make the direct sale of raw milk legal in Montana is part of a package to boost farm and ranch incomes in the Big Sky State.
The package includes cottage food legislation…
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Republicans and Democrats joined forces in a committee of the Virginia House of Delegates to defeat an attempt to legalize the sale of raw, unpasteurized milk by a vote of more than two to one.
Continue Reading Bipartisan vote crushes Virginia bill to legalize raw milk sales
Citing increasing demand for local food, a group of state legislators in Hawaii is supporting a bill to allow the sale of raw milk in retail stores, but only if it has “a label that…
Continue Reading Hawaii lawmakers say locavores want unpasteurized, raw milk
A North Dakota bill that would allow producers to sell unpasteurized, raw milk direct to consumers says dairies won’t have to do anything to control “the inherent risks” and that people who buy the milk…
Continue Reading ND bill would allow raw milk sales despite ‘inherent risks’