Updates

Last Monday, attorney Mike Warda read the below letter into the record at the PRB meeting: PRB Hardship Hearing Talking Points Article I of the QIP provides that a “‘Hardship’ means a challenge to the management and operation of a dairy due to the operation of this...

The CDFA Secretary has recently overridden a decision by the Producer Review Board and granted an emergency exemption for a California dairy producer to not contribute to the QIP program.  Right now, California dairy producers’ milk prices are at ruinous...

September 10 was the deadline for ballots cast in the latest referendum on California's Quota Implementation Program (QIP). That vote by California's Grade A dairy producers was on the issue of whether or not to continue what's commonly referred to as the state's...

At the last PRB meeting, the CDFA staff asked why people weren't coming onto the Board when vacancies have been coming up?  Funny question, because we know of two people who were kicked off for being on the non -quota side and we know of 6 nominations that were...

How long does it take a state agency to count somewhat over 400 votes in a single-issue, yes/no referendum? For the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), the answer to that question re-mains in limbo. On September 10, CDFA finalized receipt of votes by...

Overview of the Hearing Testimony Seven people testified during the May 5, 2025 hearing. The following is… testimony received . . . related to QIP . . .  Comments in support of the termination of the QIP: - The  QIP is illegal This huge and it is huge when the...

Click on the link below to see the entire public hearing held on May 5, 2025. This hearing was related to the petition to terminate the Quota Implementation Plan (QIP). Our own Craig Gordon along with others were there to testify. Click to View Full...

We have a law firm who is working on contingency for us against CDFA. If you want your money back that you  have been paying into the QIP these last 4 years, you need to contact the attorney or us and we will get the attorney to contact you... ...

There is a public hearing scheduled for May 5, 2025. The California Department of Food and Agriculture (Department) has scheduled a public hearing to receive comments from the California market milk producers and the general public on a petition titled “Petition to...

On February 21, 2025, the California Department of Food and Agriculture (Department) released the results of the Amendement Referendum to the Quota Implementation Plan. The referendum vote among California Market Milk Producers within the State of California was...

January 10, 2025 was the deadline to conclude voting by California’s Grade A dairy producers on a referendum to alter the state’s Quota Implementation Program (QIP). QIP is the mechanism that governs California’s controversial system of dairy farm-based milk quotas....

Last month, there as a hearing that discussed the QIP. The CDFA has released that hearing and you can read the transcript for the hearing and the findings. Our own Craig Gordon can be found in the discussion on pages 21-41 and 48-52. You can read the full transcript...

Then why are we paying a billion dollar tax on milk that does not improve the milk supply or milk quality? No, it goes straight into the pockets of the favored 300 dairymen. Join us in getting rid of this tax called the QIP! Stop QIP Dairy Tax

We apologize, sometimes we get so desperate to end quota, that we feel like the bad guy and the quota holders are the victims.  Yet, the quota holders have received over 6 billion dollars since the program was started, on quota certificates that were only handed out...

"Corruption is a cancer that steals from the poor, eats away at governance and moral fibre and destroys trust."- Robert Zoellick "To oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism."- G. Edward Griffin "Corruption is worse than prostitution....

"Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry." - Thomas Jefferson

Spread the word -- news just out.  It wasn't a $35 billion scandal...it wasn't a $40 billion scandal. It was a $55 billion scandal-- news just out! Please click on the link below to read the article and be sure to pass it along. We have three more budgets under Gavin...

Cheese sales, across the board, are substantial and continuing on a long trend of positive growth. On the other hand, fluid milk sales fell off the table in 2010 and show scant signs of recovery. There are ongoing and new conversations underway to see if sales of...

To Whom It May Concern,  I write today to urgently address an egregious injustice that has plagued our livelihood as a first-generation dairy producer. The deduction of QIP from our milk check has placed an overwhelming financial burden upon me and my family,...

Dear Dairyman, Enclosed are six petitions that need to be signed so we can submit them one after another until we get rid of Quota.  We have enclosed all six petitions and a stamped return envelope for you to send back. This was our original Petition that...