Earmark - Value Added Dairy Initiative

Agency:		Department of Agriculture
Bureau:		Agricultural Marketing Service
Account:		Payments to States and possessions (12-2501)
Certifying Official:		Supervisory Budget Analyst
Contact Information:		http://WWW.USDA.GOV 202-720-4623

Value Added Dairy Initiative

1 recipient will receive $2,475,000. This is a continuing earmark.

Year Enacted: 2005

Description: To expand marketing opportunities for value-added dairy products and help revitalize the Wisconsin dairy sector through initiatives on Specialty Cheese and Specialty Dairy, Value Chain Enhancement, and Producer Modernization.

Beneficiary/Recipient	Amount ($K)	Program	Type	Address
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection (80-903-5918)	$2,475		State Government	2811 Agriculture Drive Madison, WI

Citation

Source: Appropriations Statute

Reference: Public Law 108-447; Senate Report 108-340

Method: User entered excerpt

Citation Excerpt: For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and departments of markets, and similar agencies for marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $3,847,000, of which not less than $2,500,000 shall be used to make a grant under this heading.

Last Modified: 16-Apr-2007