Ag News
Workshop for Dairy Industry
Mon, 07 Jun 2010 6:21:16 CDTThe U.S. Departments
of Agriculture and Justice have announced additional details regarding the June
25 public workshop in Madison, Wisconsin, which will examine competition and
regulatory issues in the dairy industry. The workshop will be held in the Union
Theater at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. This is the third in a series
of five joint public workshops. All persons interested in attending the
Wisconsin workshop should register at www dot surveymoneky dot com slash s slash
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style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 13px">The goals of the workshops are to
promote dialogue among interested parties and foster learning with respect to
the appropriate legal and economic analyses of these issues, as well as to
listen to and learn from parties with experience in the agriculture sector. The
workshops are the first joint workshops ever to be held to discuss competition
and regulatory issues in the agriculture industry.
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial">Agriculture Secretary
Tom Vilsack, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, and Assistant Attorney General
for the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division Christine Varney will
participate in a roundtable discussion to open the Wisconsin workshop. Senators
Herb Kohl and Russell Feingold, Representatives Ron Kind, Steve Kagen and Tammy
Baldwin, Governor Jim Doyle, and Wisconsin Agriculture Secretary Rod Nilsestuen
have tentatively accepted invitations to join this roundtable discussion. The
remaining panels will feature farmers, processors, academics and other dairy
industry stakeholders.
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