Dairy Program
E182366
The Dairy Program is a division within the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service that oversees federal policies, standards, and marketing orders related to milk and dairy products in the United States.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dairy Program canonical | 1 |
| Federal Milk Marketing Order system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1620554 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dairy Program Context triple: [Agricultural Marketing Service, hasPart, Dairy Program]
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A.
Special Milk Program
The Special Milk Program is a federally assisted initiative in the United States that provides milk to children in schools and childcare institutions that do not participate in other federal meal service programs.
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B.
Bureau of Dairy Industry
The Bureau of Dairy Industry was a former U.S. federal agency responsible for research and regulation related to dairy production, processing, and quality before its functions were absorbed into the Agricultural Research Service.
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C.
Milch
Milch is a German surname most notably borne by Erhard Milch, a high-ranking Luftwaffe officer during World War II.
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D.
Farm to School Program
The Farm to School Program is a U.S. initiative that connects schools with local farms to provide fresh, locally sourced foods in school meals while supporting agricultural education and local economies.
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E.
Tillamook Creamery
Tillamook Creamery is a popular Oregon-based dairy producer and visitor center known for its cheese, ice cream, and farm-to-table creamery tours.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dairy Program Target entity description: The Dairy Program is a division within the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service that oversees federal policies, standards, and marketing orders related to milk and dairy products in the United States.
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A.
Special Milk Program
The Special Milk Program is a federally assisted initiative in the United States that provides milk to children in schools and childcare institutions that do not participate in other federal meal service programs.
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B.
Bureau of Dairy Industry
The Bureau of Dairy Industry was a former U.S. federal agency responsible for research and regulation related to dairy production, processing, and quality before its functions were absorbed into the Agricultural Research Service.
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C.
Milch
Milch is a German surname most notably borne by Erhard Milch, a high-ranking Luftwaffe officer during World War II.
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D.
Farm to School Program
The Farm to School Program is a U.S. initiative that connects schools with local farms to provide fresh, locally sourced foods in school meals while supporting agricultural education and local economies.
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E.
Tillamook Creamery
Tillamook Creamery is a popular Oregon-based dairy producer and visitor center known for its cheese, ice cream, and farm-to-table creamery tours.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
division of the Agricultural Marketing Service
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government program ⓘ |
| administers |
Dairy Program
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Federal Milk Marketing Order system
dairy product standards and grading programs ⓘ dairy promotion and research programs ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| federalAgencyType | program office ⓘ |
| goal |
ensure consumers have an adequate supply of wholesome milk and dairy products
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ensure orderly marketing conditions for milk ⓘ protect dairy farmers and handlers under federal orders ⓘ |
| industry | milk and dairy products ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | interstate commerce in milk and dairy products ⓘ |
| monitors |
dairy market conditions
ⓘ
dairy product prices ⓘ milk prices ⓘ |
| oversees |
federal dairy marketing orders
ⓘ
federal dairy policies ⓘ federal dairy standards ⓘ federal milk marketing orders ⓘ |
| parentAgency | Agricultural Marketing Service ⓘ |
| partOf |
Agricultural Marketing Service
ⓘ
United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ |
| publishes | dairy market and price reports ⓘ |
| regulates | minimum prices for milk under federal milk marketing orders ⓘ |
| regulatoryArea |
dairy product grading and inspection
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dairy product standards of identity ⓘ milk pricing ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
collecting and disseminating dairy market information
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coordinating with dairy industry stakeholders ⓘ developing and maintaining dairy product specifications ⓘ enforcing dairy product quality standards ⓘ ensuring compliance with federal dairy regulations ⓘ implementing federal milk marketing orders ⓘ overseeing dairy promotion checkoff programs ⓘ supporting orderly marketing of dairy products ⓘ supporting orderly marketing of milk ⓘ |
| scope | national ⓘ |
| sector | dairy sector ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Agricultural Marketing Service
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surface form:
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service publications
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| uses | federal rulemaking authority under the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act ⓘ |
| website | https://www.ams.usda.gov/about-ams/programs-offices/dairy-program ⓘ |
| worksWith |
dairy cooperatives
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dairy farmers ⓘ dairy processors ⓘ milk handlers ⓘ state regulatory agencies ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Dairy Program Description of subject: The Dairy Program is a division within the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service that oversees federal policies, standards, and marketing orders related to milk and dairy products in the United States.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Federal Milk Marketing Order system