they are in response to a leaked draft opinion revealing a majority of justices poised to strike down roe versus wade. if over turned, constitutional protections for abortion rights will be eliminated in 26 states, likely. we have reporters covering this in several key cities today. joe johns is live for us in the nation s capitol. let s begin in the nation s cap capital. the d.c. rally is near the washington monument and it will kick off at about noontime and people will start making their way to capitol hill outside the u.s. supreme court. reporter: that s right, fred. the point, obviously, the message they are trying to send is there is strong support for upholding roe v wade even though the court appears to be poised, if you will, to strike it down. what we re told here is that they are expecting about 17,000 people in the nation s capital for this event but that certainly could be affected by the weather. rain is in forecast. a coalition of organizations is throwing th
USDA was petitioned to review the Federal Milk Marketing Order but with a wider scope of issues to examine that can comprehensively address shortfalls in the pricing of milk to reflect producer concerns.
The ball is now in USDA’s court on how to proceed with differing requests from dairy producers and processors on fixing what each believes are issues within the Federal Milk Marketing Order system.
The International Dairy Foods Association is petitioning USDA to alter the way processors are compensated under federal milk marketing orders, but the processors group faces opposition from the National Milk Producers Federation, which also wants to see a change in the formula for pricing milk.