,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #daaj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bd1 #bjbe,ms4 
,pingree 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,wied1 and  
,mr4 ,langworthy7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,agriculture  ,a      
,,bill  ,to provide for the improved    
collection of data for organic dairy1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,the ,organic ,dairy ,data ,collection  
,act4  #b4 ,improved data collection for
 organic dairy  7a7 ,in general ,the    
,secretary of ,agriculture 7referred to 
in this ,act as the ,secretary7 shall   
provide support for regional and        
national programs to collect and publish
 cost-of-production data for organic    
milk1 including data relating to--  7#a7
 the costs of major organic feedstuffs1 
including-- 7,a7 corn2  7,b7 corn       
silage2  7,c7 soybeans2  7,d7 sorghum2  
7,e7 oilseeds2  7,f7 small grains2  7,g7
 forage crops2  7,h7 pasture2  7,i7 hay2

 and  7,j7 any other major organic      
feedstuff1 as determined by the         
,secretary2  7#b7 with respect to the   
costs described in paragraph 7#a71      
prices for--  7,a7 major organic        
feedstuffs produced domestically2 and   
7,b7 imported major organic feedstuffs2 
and  7#c7 all other costs relating to   
the production of organic milk4  7b7    
,organic ,all ,milk ,price ,survey ,not 
later than #ij days after the date of   
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
shall establish a survey1 to be known as
 the ,organic ,all ,milk ,prices        
,survey1 which shall be analogous to the
 existing ,all ,milk ,prices ,survey of 
the ,national ,agricultural ,statistics 
,service1 to gather and report monthly  
data about the amounts that organic     
dairy farmers are being paid for the    
organic milk produced by those organic  
dairy farmers and the prices received   
for organic milk cows1 including--  7#a7
 national data2 and  7#b7 data relating 
to1 at a minimum1 the #f regions with   

the greatest quantity of organic dairy  
production1 as determined by the        
,secretary4  7c7 ,organic milk reporting
  7#a7 ,in general ,not later than #ahj 
days after the date of enactment of this
 ,act1 the ,secretary1 using data       
collected by the ,national ,agricultural
 ,statistics ,service1 the ,economic    
,research ,service1 or the ,agricultural
 ,marketing ,service1 shall publish new 
periodic reports that include1 or add to
 existing periodic reports1 data for    
organic milk1 which shall be equivalent 
to data reported for conventionally     
produced milk4  7#b7 ,requirement       
,reports published under paragraph 7#a7 
shall include1 at a minimum--  7,a7     
organic cost-of-production data by      
,state2  7,b7 regional data relating to 
the quantity of organic milk production2
  7,c7 organic mailbox price for the #f 
regions with the greatest quantity of   
organic dairy production1 as determined 
by the ,secretary2 and  7,d7 major      
organic feedstuff prices4