The first meeting of the newly established Dairy Industry Advisory Committee will be April 13-15 at USDA headquarters in Washington, D.C., according to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.

The meeting, set at the Jamie L. Whitten Building, is open to the public.

The Dairy Industry Advisory Committee was chartered to review farm milk price volatility and dairy farmer profitability. The committee will make recommendations to the secretary on how USDA can best address these issues to meet the dairy industry’s needs, both short- and long-term.

The committee also will provide feedback on how recent actions taken by USDA have affected the dairy industry.

More information about the committee can be found at www.fsa.usda.gov/diac.