FACA Committee Purpose ;amp;amp; Justification The information in this plan was imported from the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) database and transformed into StratML Part 1, Strategic Plan, format. Fiscal Year:2011 Committee Type: National Policy Issue Advisory Board Dairy Industry Advisory Committee USDA 0a1e033b-5563-44c7-aaa8-abced7fe8f88 [ Location : (http://stratml.fido.gov/dick/USDAFACA70469.xml) ][ Federated Name : (urn:www.usda.gov:agency:67:committee:70469:) ][ Agency Name : (Department of Agriculture) ][ Agency Acronym : (USDA) ][ Agency Domain : (www.usda.gov) ] [ Agency Web Site : (http://www.usda.gov/) ][ Committee Name : (Dairy Industry Advisory Committee) ][ Committee Type : (National Policy Issue Advisory Board) ][ Committee Web Site : (http://www.fsa.usda.gov/diac) ][ Goal? : (yes) ][ Vision? : (yes) ][ Mission? : (yes) ] Department of Agriculture http://www.usda.gov/ http://www.fsa.usda.gov/diac Members of the DIAC are appointed by the Secretary for a term of 2-years. Members will be selected from a cross section of the dairy industry representing: producers and producer organizations, processors and processor organizations, handlers, academia, retailers, consumers, and state agencies involved in organic and non-organic dairy at the local, regional, national and international levels. The committee will include a wide cross representation of industry representatives and will also include subject matter experts to provide objective scientific perspectives. The committee will be presented an agenda that is also published on the committee website to focus the committee on the issues that need discussion. No decision or recommendation can be voted upon unless a quorum of nine committee members is present. When a decision or recommendation of the DIAC is required, the Chairman will request a motion for a vote. Any member, including the Chairman, may make a motion for a vote. A second after a proper motion will be required to bring any issue to vote.A decision or recommendation will be considered passed if it a majority of the members present vote in favor of the motion. 78d4c946-cfc5-4b4f-b238-3d1061ea24f8 Make recommendations to the USDA on possible actions taken to address milk price volitility and dairy farmer profitability. e03f8581-f210-404a-9dfb-f65a80c555e3 This committee is in the public’s interest in view of the dairy industry’s importance to the nation’s economy. The exchange of views and information between industry representatives and USDA should result in improved understanding of the impact of USDA programs on the dairy industry and contribute to those programs’ effective and efficient administration. e3102b97-0297-4551-bb9c-b9919bee5c3b 43e72a74-837d-4f4e-adc4-ee1d15ceea64 42e274b8-285d-4f13-b684-423a77380273 2010-10-01 2011-09-30 2013-07-09 http://explore.data.gov/resource/datasets/c5i3-bb9j Gannon (J.) Dick gannon_dick@yahoo.com