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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
7 CFR Part 1051
[Docket No. AO–15–0071; AMS–DA–14–
0095]
Proposed California Federal Milk
Marketing Order; Documents for
Official Notice
Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
AGENCY:
This document announces the
intention of the Agricultural Marketing
Service (AMS) to take Official Notice of
documents related to the California
Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO)
rulemaking proceeding. This document
invites interested parties to submit
comments on whether the documents
are relevant to the material issues of the
proceeding.
DATES: Comments are due August 29,
2017.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be
submitted at the Federal eRulemaking
portal: www.regulations.gov. Comments
may also be filed with the Hearing
Clerk, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Room 1031–S, Washington, DC 20250–
9200, Facsimile number (202) 720–9976.
All comments should reference the
docket number and the date and page
number of this issue of the Federal
Register. All comments will be made
available for public inspection in the
Office of the Hearing Clerk during
regular business hours, or can be viewed
at: www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin
Taylor, Acting Director, Order
Formulation and Enforcement Division,
USDA/AMS/Dairy Program, STOP 0231,
Room 2969–S, 1400 Independence Ave.
SW., Washington, DC 20250–0231,
telephone: (202) 720–7311, or email
address: erin.taylor@ams.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S.
Department of Agriculture (Department)
held a hearing from September 22, 2015,
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through November 8, 2015, regarding
promulgation of a Federal Milk
Marketing Order (FMMO) in California.
During the hearing, participants
requested the Department take Official
Notice of several documents and
resources relevant to the proceeding.
The Administrative Law Judge presiding
over the hearing ruled that interested
parties could submit requests for
Official Notice of documents and
resources through their post-hearing
briefs, and the Department could then
make a determination regarding the
requests.
Two parties submitted Official Notice
requests in their post-hearing briefs and
provided lists and sources for the
relevant documents. On February 14,
2017, the Department published in the
Federal Register a recommended
decision on the establishment of a
California FMMO (82 FR 10634). After
an initial review, the Department took
Official Notice of many of the
documents in the recommended
decision. However, the Department did
not make a formal determination
regarding others.
Two comments filed in response to
the recommended decision took
exception to the fact that the
Department did not rule upon all
documents requested for Official Notice
submitted in post-hearing briefs by
California Dairies, Inc.; Dairy Farmers of
America, Inc.; and Land O’Lakes, Inc.
(the Cooperatives); and by the Dairy
Institute of California (the Institute).
In response, AMS is considering
taking Official Notice of these additional
documents. The Code of Federal
Regulations (7 CFR 900.8) requires
providing interested parties an
opportunity to object to taking Official
Notice of documents because they are
inaccurate or erroneously noticed; for
example, if they are not relevant to the
material issues of the proceeding. This
Notice serves to provide interested
parties the opportunity to object to the
documents below if they believe that
any do not meet the requirements of 7
CFR 900.8.
A complete list of these documents,
along with links and sources to access
them, is available at www.ams.usda.gov/
caorder. Comments should focus on
whether the documents are relevant to
the material issues of the California
FMMO proceeding, which are as
follows:
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1. Whether the handling of milk in the
proposed marketing area is in the
current of interstate commerce, or
directly burdens, obstructs, or affects
interstate commerce in milk or its
products;
2. Whether economic and marketing
conditions in California show a need for
a Federal marketing order that would
tend to effectuate the declared policy of
the Act;
3. If an order is issued, what its
provisions should be with respect to:
a. Handlers to be regulated and milk
to be priced and pooled under the order;
b. Classification of milk, and
assignment of receipts to classes of
utilization;
c. Pricing of milk;
d. Distribution of proceeds to
producers; and
e. Administrative provisions.
The Department will consider any
objections filed prior to making a
determination in this matter.
The Department compiled the
following list after reviewing the
documents submitted for Official
Notice, verifying or correcting the titles
provided, and determining whether
publically accessible sources exist. As
interested parties did not provide hard
copies of the documents they were
requesting for Official Notice, those
documents for which a source was not
provided or that the Department
determined to lack a publically
accessible source are excluded from
Official Notice consideration.
Academic Sources
• Pratt, James E., Phillip M. Bishop,
Eric M. Erba, Andrew M. Novakovic,
and Mark W. Stephenson: A Description
of the Methods and Data Employed in
the U.S. Dairy Sector Simulator, Cornell
Program on Dairy Markets and Policy,
July 1997;
• Pratt, James E., Phillip M. Bishop,
Eric M. Erba, Andrew M. Novakovic,
and Mark W. Stephenson: Normative
Estimates of Class I Prices Across U.S.
Milk Markets, Cornell Program on Dairy
Markets and Policy, July 1998;
• Class I Surface Maps, March 2014
and September 2014: Mark Stephenson;
• Jacobson, Robert E., et al., Research
Bulletin 1105: Pricing Grade A Milk
Used in Manufactured Dairy Products,
Ohio Agriculture Research and
Development Center, December 1978;
and
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• Baker, Burton A., and Rudolph K.
Froker: The Evaporated Milk Industry
Under Federal Marketing Agreements,
University of Wisconsin, August 1945.
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
Data and Publications
• AMS Dairy Market News, weekly
reports, January 1, 2015–April 2016;
• AMS Dairy Market Statistics,
annual reports, 1997–2015;
• AMS FMMO Marketing and
Utilization Summary, annual, 2015;
• AMS FMMO Statistics, annual
summaries, 1980–2015;
• AMS Mailbox Milk Prices, monthly,
January 2012–February 2016;
• AMS Market Information Branch
Publication: Measures of Growth in
Federal Milk Orders, September 2016;
• AMS National Dairy Product Sales
Reports, weekly, 2012–2016;
• AMS Regulatory Impact Analysis
on FMMO Reform, March 1999;
• Letter to Handlers in FMMO 1
regarding temporary dumped milk
policy, March 2016;
• Letter to Handlers in FMMO 1
regarding temporary dumped milk
policy, December 2015;
• List of Supply Plant Systems: Upper
Midwest Marketing Area, annual, 2014–
2016;
• Lists of Plants and Handlers:
Northeast Marketing Area, monthly,
2014–2016;
• Lists of Plants and Handlers: Pacific
Northwest and Arizona Marketing Area,
monthly, 2014–2016;
• Lists of Plants, Handlers, and
Cooperative Associations: Upper
Midwest Marketing Area, monthly,
2014–2016; and
• USDA response to industry request
for a national hearing on FMMO
program prices, September 17, 2012.
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California Department of Food and
Agriculture (CDFA) Data and
Publications
• CDFA Annual Dairy Data, 2015;
• CDFA Appendix: Glossary of Dairy
Terms;
• CDFA California Dairy Plant List,
2015;
• CDFA California Dairy Statistics,
annual, 2014 and 2015;
• CDFA California Price Data,
weighted average prices received for
nonfat dry milk and volumes sold by
California processors, weekly and
monthly;
• CDFA CME Cheddar Cheese and
Butter Prices vs. California Sales,
monthly, February 2004–November
2013;
• CDFA Dairy Industry Fact Sheet,
2000;
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• CDFA Dairy Manufacturing Cost
Surveys (September 18, 2007; November
14, 2013; and December 9, 2015);
• CDFA Dairy Product Data, monthly,
2014–year-to-date;
• CDFA Designated Supply Handlers
for Procurement, Regions 1 and 2, 2015–
2016;
• CDFA Full Manufacturing Cost
Survey, 2014;
• CDFA Hearing Panel Report on
Class 4b Pricing, June 2015;
• CDFA Milk Production Cost Data,
quarterly, 2013–2016;
• CDFA Milk Production Pooling
Data, monthly, 2014;
• CDFA Dairy Review Newsletters,
monthly, 2003–2016;
• CDFA Pooling Plan for Market Milk
as Amended, June 2013;
• CDFA Stabilization and Marketing
Plan for Market Milk as Amended,
Northern California Marketing Area,
August 2015;
• CDFA Stabilization and Marketing
Plan for Market Milk as Amended,
Southern California Marketing Area,
August 2015;
• CDFA Statistics and Trends Annual
Tables and Data, 2014;
• CDFA Statistics and Trends MidYear Review, January–June 2015;
• CDFA transcripts from Public
Hearing to Consider Amendments to
Stabilization and Marketing Plans (Class
4b pricing formula changes), June 2015;
and
• CDFA Water Quality Regulations
for Dairy Operators in California’s
Central Valley–Overview and
Compliance Cost Analysis, November
2010.
California State Statutes
• California Food and Agriculture
Code: Division 21, Part 3, Chapter 1,
Sections 61301–61573: Marketing of
Milk and Other Dairy Products;
• California Food and Agriculture
Code: Division 21, Part 3, Chapter 2,
Sections 61801–62402: Stabilization and
Marketing of Market Milk;
• California Food and Agriculture
Code: Division 21, Part 3, Chapter 2.5,
Sections 62500–62667: Milk Producer’s
Security Fund;
• California Food and Agriculture
Code: Division 21, Part 3, Chapter 3,
Sections 62700–62731: Equalization
Pools; and
• California Food and Agriculture
Code: Division 21, Part 3, Chapter 3.5,
Sections 62750–62757: Milk Pooling.
Congressional Legislation
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1985 Farm Bill;
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• 2000 Appropriations for
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies; and
• Milk Regulatory Equity Act of 2005.
Economic Research Service (ERS)
Publications
• ERS Dairy Data Spreadsheets: U.S.
Dairy Situation at a Glance; Dairy
Products Per Capita Consumption; Milk
Cows and Production by State and
Region; Annual Milk Production and
Factors Affecting Supply; Per Capita
Consumption of Selected Cheese
Varieties (most current spreadsheets);
• ERS Milk Costs of Production: Costs
and returns per hundredweight sold by
state, annual, 2010–2014;
• ERS Milk Costs of Production: Costs
and returns per hundredweight sold by
size group, annual, 2014 (data set
contains 2010–2014);
• ERS Milk Costs of Production: U.S.
dairy costs of production per
hundredweight of milk sold, monthly,
2015;
• ERS Publication: Pricing Milk and
Dairy Products: Principles, Practices,
and Problems, 1971;
• ERS Report to Congress: Report on
the United States Department of
Agriculture’s Reporting Procedures for
Nonfat Dry Milk, September 2007;
• ERS Situation and Outlook Reports:
Feed Outlook Reports, monthly, 2014–
2015; and
• ERS Situation and Outlook Reports:
Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook
Reports (Dairy Part), monthly, 2014–
2016.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS) Data and Publications
• NASS Dairy Products Mandatory
Program Web page;
• NASS Dairy Products Prices,
weekly, 1998–2012;
• NASS Dairy Products, annual
summary, 1997–2015 (data for 1995–
2014);
• NASS Dairy Products, monthly,
January 2015–April 2016;
• NASS Milk Cows and Production
Final Estimates (SB 988), data covers
1998–2002;
• NASS Milk Cows and Production
Final Estimates (SB 1022), data covers
2003–2007;
• NASS Milk Cows and Production
Final Estimates (SB 1036), data covers
2008–2012;
• NASS Milk Production,
Disposition, and Income Annual
Summary, 1995–2015;
• NASS Milk Production, monthly
reports, January 2015–February 2016;
• NASS Overview of the United
States Dairy Industry, September 22,
2010;
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• NASS Dairy Products Prices: How
Does That Work?; and
• NASS Survey Cheddar Cheese Price
Data (May 23, 1997; June 27, 1997;
August 1, 1997; September 5, 1997;
October 10, 1997; December 19, 1997;
December 29, 1997; January 23, 1998;
February 20, 1998; March 20, 1998;
April 24, 1998; May 29, 1998; June 26,
1998; July 31, 1998; August 28, 1998;
and October 2, 1998).
USDA Office of the Chief Economist
Publication
• Drought Monitor: Percentage of
crops and livestock located in drought,
March 2016.
Federal Government Resources
• Census Bureau data on Upper
Midwest FMMO, Market Area
Population;
• Energy Information Administration
Weekly Retail Gasoline and Diesel
Prices, January 2011–July 2015;
• Federal Highway Administration
Highway Statistics Summary to 1995;
and
• Federal Highway Administration
Highway Statistics, Annual Issues,
1995–2012.
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Federal Register Publications
• 3 FR 1945–1949 regarding the
handling of milk in the New York
Metropolitan Marketing Area, August
1938;
• 26 FR 7134–7141 regarding
amendments to the Chicago marketing
order, August 1961;
• 27 FR 799–816 regarding
amendments to pricing of milk reserves
and excess reserves, January 1962;
• 31 FR 7062 regarding a Puget
Sound, Washington, market area
expansion and amendments to
producer-handler definition, May 1966;
• 39 FR 11567–11571 regarding a
partial decision on emergency measures
to suspend butter powder prices, March
1974;
• 44 FR 48128–48130 regarding a
decision to not promulgate an order in
the Southwestern Idaho-Eastern Oregon
marketing area, August 1979;
• 50 FR 32716, 32718–32719
regarding a decision to expand two
marketing areas and revise location
differentials in the Middle Atlantic and
New York-New Jersey areas, August
1985;
• 52 FR 15951–15960 regarding
termination of proceedings on proposed
amendments to the Georgia and certain
other marketing areas, May 1987;
• 53 FR 686–731 regarding the merger
of two marketing areas in the Great
Basin and Lake Mead marketing areas,
January 1988;
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• 53 FR 36321–36334 regarding a
final decision to provide partial credits
to handlers hauling surplus milk in the
Texas marketing area, September 1988;
• 55 FR 25618–25669 regarding
promulgation of a Carolina FMMO, June
1990;
• 56 FR 57850–57864 regarding a
decision to adopt multiple component
pricing for the Mid-Atlantic FMMO,
November 1991;
• 58 FR 58112–58137 regarding
amendments to the New England and
Certain Other Marketing Areas, October
1993;
• 59 FR 8546–8565 regarding
amendments to the Pacific Northwest
and Southwestern Idaho-Eastern Oregon
Marketing Areas, February 1994;
• 60 FR 7290–7333 regarding
amendments to the New England and
Other Marketing Areas, February 1995;
• 60 FR 25014–25071 regarding
amendments to the Georgia and Certain
Other Marketing Areas, May 1995;
• 60 FR 41833–41868 regarding
amendments to the Chicago Regional
and Other Marketing Areas, August
1995;
• 60 FR 43066–43089 regarding
amendments to the Southern Michigan
Marketing Area, August 1995;
• 64 Fed Reg. 70868–70912 regarding
amendments to the New England and
Other Marketing Areas, December 1999;
• 65 FR 76832–76861 regarding
amendments to the Northeast and Other
Marketing Areas, December 2000;
• 70 FR 74166, 7418 regarding a final
decision on amendments to the Pacific
Northwest and Arizona-Las Vegas
Marketing Areas, December 2005;
• 71 FR 67467–67495 regarding
amendments to the Northeast and Other
Marketing Areas, November 2006;
• 73 FR 11194–11229 regarding
amendments to the Appalachian,
Florida, and Southeast Marketing Areas,
February 2008;
• 73 FR 35306–35331 regarding
amendments to the Northeast and Other
Marketing Areas, June 2008;
• 75 FR 33534–33533 regarding
amendments to the Northeast and Other
Marketing Areas, June 2010; and
• 78 FR 9248 regarding a final
decision to adopt changes to the make
allowances and butterfat yield factor in
Class III and IV price formulas, February
2013.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–608.
Dated: August 8, 2017.
Bruce Summers,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
7 CFR Part 1051
[Docket No. AO-15-0071; AMS-DA-14-0095]
Proposed California Federal Milk Marketing Order; Documents for
Official Notice
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: This document announces the intention of the Agricultural
Marketing Service (AMS) to take Official Notice of documents related to
the California Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) rulemaking
proceeding. This document invites interested parties to submit comments
on whether the documents are relevant to the material issues of the
proceeding.
DATES: Comments are due August 29, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be submitted at the Federal eRulemaking
portal: www.regulations.gov. Comments may also be filed with the
Hearing Clerk, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 1031-S, Washington,
DC 20250-9200, Facsimile number (202) 720-9976. All comments should
reference the docket number and the date and page number of this issue
of the Federal Register. All comments will be made available for public
inspection in the Office of the Hearing Clerk during regular business
hours, or can be viewed at: www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Taylor, Acting Director, Order
Formulation and Enforcement Division, USDA/AMS/Dairy Program, STOP
0231, Room 2969-S, 1400 Independence Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20250-
0231, telephone: (202) 720-7311, or email address:
erin.taylor@ams.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Department of Agriculture
(Department) held a hearing from September 22, 2015, through November
8, 2015, regarding promulgation of a Federal Milk Marketing Order
(FMMO) in California. During the hearing, participants requested the
Department take Official Notice of several documents and resources
relevant to the proceeding. The Administrative Law Judge presiding over
the hearing ruled that interested parties could submit requests for
Official Notice of documents and resources through their post-hearing
briefs, and the Department could then make a determination regarding
the requests.
Two parties submitted Official Notice requests in their post-
hearing briefs and provided lists and sources for the relevant
documents. On February 14, 2017, the Department published in the
Federal Register a recommended decision on the establishment of a
California FMMO (82 FR 10634). After an initial review, the Department
took Official Notice of many of the documents in the recommended
decision. However, the Department did not make a formal determination
regarding others.
Two comments filed in response to the recommended decision took
exception to the fact that the Department did not rule upon all
documents requested for Official Notice submitted in post-hearing
briefs by California Dairies, Inc.; Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.; and
Land O'Lakes, Inc. (the Cooperatives); and by the Dairy Institute of
California (the Institute).
In response, AMS is considering taking Official Notice of these
additional documents. The Code of Federal Regulations (7 CFR 900.8)
requires providing interested parties an opportunity to object to
taking Official Notice of documents because they are inaccurate or
erroneously noticed; for example, if they are not relevant to the
material issues of the proceeding. This Notice serves to provide
interested parties the opportunity to object to the documents below if
they believe that any do not meet the requirements of 7 CFR 900.8.
A complete list of these documents, along with links and sources to
access them, is available at www.ams.usda.gov/caorder. Comments should
focus on whether the documents are relevant to the material issues of
the California FMMO proceeding, which are as follows:
1. Whether the handling of milk in the proposed marketing area is
in the current of interstate commerce, or directly burdens, obstructs,
or affects interstate commerce in milk or its products;
2. Whether economic and marketing conditions in California show a
need for a Federal marketing order that would tend to effectuate the
declared policy of the Act;
3. If an order is issued, what its provisions should be with
respect to:
a. Handlers to be regulated and milk to be priced and pooled under
the order;
b. Classification of milk, and assignment of receipts to classes of
utilization;
c. Pricing of milk;
d. Distribution of proceeds to producers; and
e. Administrative provisions.
The Department will consider any objections filed prior to making a
determination in this matter.
The Department compiled the following list after reviewing the
documents submitted for Official Notice, verifying or correcting the
titles provided, and determining whether publically accessible sources
exist. As interested parties did not provide hard copies of the
documents they were requesting for Official Notice, those documents for
which a source was not provided or that the Department determined to
lack a publically accessible source are excluded from Official Notice
consideration.
Academic Sources
Pratt, James E., Phillip M. Bishop, Eric M. Erba, Andrew
M. Novakovic, and Mark W. Stephenson: A Description of the Methods and
Data Employed in the U.S. Dairy Sector Simulator, Cornell Program on
Dairy Markets and Policy, July 1997;
Pratt, James E., Phillip M. Bishop, Eric M. Erba, Andrew
M. Novakovic, and Mark W. Stephenson: Normative Estimates of Class I
Prices Across U.S. Milk Markets, Cornell Program on Dairy Markets and
Policy, July 1998;
Class I Surface Maps, March 2014 and September 2014: Mark
Stephenson;
Jacobson, Robert E., et al., Research Bulletin 1105:
Pricing Grade A Milk Used in Manufactured Dairy Products, Ohio
Agriculture Research and Development Center, December 1978; and
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Baker, Burton A., and Rudolph K. Froker: The Evaporated
Milk Industry Under Federal Marketing Agreements, University of
Wisconsin, August 1945.
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Data and Publications
AMS Dairy Market News, weekly reports, January 1, 2015-
April 2016;
AMS Dairy Market Statistics, annual reports, 1997-2015;
AMS FMMO Marketing and Utilization Summary, annual, 2015;
AMS FMMO Statistics, annual summaries, 1980-2015;
AMS Mailbox Milk Prices, monthly, January 2012-February
2016;
AMS Market Information Branch Publication: Measures of
Growth in Federal Milk Orders, September 2016;
AMS National Dairy Product Sales Reports, weekly, 2012-
2016;
AMS Regulatory Impact Analysis on FMMO Reform, March 1999;
Letter to Handlers in FMMO 1 regarding temporary dumped
milk policy, March 2016;
Letter to Handlers in FMMO 1 regarding temporary dumped
milk policy, December 2015;
List of Supply Plant Systems: Upper Midwest Marketing
Area, annual, 2014-2016;
Lists of Plants and Handlers: Northeast Marketing Area,
monthly, 2014-2016;
Lists of Plants and Handlers: Pacific Northwest and
Arizona Marketing Area, monthly, 2014-2016;
Lists of Plants, Handlers, and Cooperative Associations:
Upper Midwest Marketing Area, monthly, 2014-2016; and
USDA response to industry request for a national hearing
on FMMO program prices, September 17, 2012.
California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Data and
Publications
CDFA Annual Dairy Data, 2015;
CDFA Appendix: Glossary of Dairy Terms;
CDFA California Dairy Plant List, 2015;
CDFA California Dairy Statistics, annual, 2014 and 2015;
CDFA California Price Data, weighted average prices
received for nonfat dry milk and volumes sold by California processors,
weekly and monthly;
CDFA CME Cheddar Cheese and Butter Prices vs. California
Sales, monthly, February 2004-November 2013;
CDFA Dairy Industry Fact Sheet, 2000;
CDFA Dairy Manufacturing Cost Surveys (September 18, 2007;
November 14, 2013; and December 9, 2015);
CDFA Dairy Product Data, monthly, 2014-year-to-date;
CDFA Designated Supply Handlers for Procurement, Regions 1
and 2, 2015-2016;
CDFA Full Manufacturing Cost Survey, 2014;
CDFA Hearing Panel Report on Class 4b Pricing, June 2015;
CDFA Milk Production Cost Data, quarterly, 2013-2016;
CDFA Milk Production Pooling Data, monthly, 2014;
CDFA Dairy Review Newsletters, monthly, 2003-2016;
CDFA Pooling Plan for Market Milk as Amended, June 2013;
CDFA Stabilization and Marketing Plan for Market Milk as
Amended, Northern California Marketing Area, August 2015;
CDFA Stabilization and Marketing Plan for Market Milk as
Amended, Southern California Marketing Area, August 2015;
CDFA Statistics and Trends Annual Tables and Data, 2014;
CDFA Statistics and Trends Mid-Year Review, January-June
2015;
CDFA transcripts from Public Hearing to Consider
Amendments to Stabilization and Marketing Plans (Class 4b pricing
formula changes), June 2015; and
CDFA Water Quality Regulations for Dairy Operators in
California's Central Valley-Overview and Compliance Cost Analysis,
November 2010.
California State Statutes
California Food and Agriculture Code: Division 21, Part 3,
Chapter 1, Sections 61301-61573: Marketing of Milk and Other Dairy
Products;
California Food and Agriculture Code: Division 21, Part 3,
Chapter 2, Sections 61801-62402: Stabilization and Marketing of Market
Milk;
California Food and Agriculture Code: Division 21, Part 3,
Chapter 2.5, Sections 62500-62667: Milk Producer's Security Fund;
California Food and Agriculture Code: Division 21, Part 3,
Chapter 3, Sections 62700-62731: Equalization Pools; and
California Food and Agriculture Code: Division 21, Part 3,
Chapter 3.5, Sections 62750-62757: Milk Pooling.
Congressional Legislation
1965 Farm Bill;
1970 Farm Bill;
1985 Farm Bill;
2008 Farm Bill;
2000 Appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development,
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies; and
Milk Regulatory Equity Act of 2005.
Economic Research Service (ERS) Publications
ERS Dairy Data Spreadsheets: U.S. Dairy Situation at a
Glance; Dairy Products Per Capita Consumption; Milk Cows and Production
by State and Region; Annual Milk Production and Factors Affecting
Supply; Per Capita Consumption of Selected Cheese Varieties (most
current spreadsheets);
ERS Milk Costs of Production: Costs and returns per
hundredweight sold by state, annual, 2010-2014;
ERS Milk Costs of Production: Costs and returns per
hundredweight sold by size group, annual, 2014 (data set contains 2010-
2014);
ERS Milk Costs of Production: U.S. dairy costs of
production per hundredweight of milk sold, monthly, 2015;
ERS Publication: Pricing Milk and Dairy Products:
Principles, Practices, and Problems, 1971;
ERS Report to Congress: Report on the United States
Department of Agriculture's Reporting Procedures for Nonfat Dry Milk,
September 2007;
ERS Situation and Outlook Reports: Feed Outlook Reports,
monthly, 2014-2015; and
ERS Situation and Outlook Reports: Livestock, Dairy and
Poultry Outlook Reports (Dairy Part), monthly, 2014-2016.
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Data and Publications
NASS Dairy Products Mandatory Program Web page;
NASS Dairy Products Prices, weekly, 1998-2012;
NASS Dairy Products, annual summary, 1997-2015 (data for
1995-2014);
NASS Dairy Products, monthly, January 2015-April 2016;
NASS Milk Cows and Production Final Estimates (SB 988),
data covers 1998-2002;
NASS Milk Cows and Production Final Estimates (SB 1022),
data covers 2003-2007;
NASS Milk Cows and Production Final Estimates (SB 1036),
data covers 2008-2012;
NASS Milk Production, Disposition, and Income Annual
Summary, 1995-2015;
NASS Milk Production, monthly reports, January 2015-
February 2016;
NASS Overview of the United States Dairy Industry,
September 22, 2010;
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NASS Dairy Products Prices: How Does That Work?; and
NASS Survey Cheddar Cheese Price Data (May 23, 1997; June
27, 1997; August 1, 1997; September 5, 1997; October 10, 1997; December
19, 1997; December 29, 1997; January 23, 1998; February 20, 1998; March
20, 1998; April 24, 1998; May 29, 1998; June 26, 1998; July 31, 1998;
August 28, 1998; and October 2, 1998).
USDA Office of the Chief Economist Publication
Drought Monitor: Percentage of crops and livestock located
in drought, March 2016.
Federal Government Resources
Census Bureau data on Upper Midwest FMMO, Market Area
Population;
Energy Information Administration Weekly Retail Gasoline
and Diesel Prices, January 2011-July 2015;
Federal Highway Administration Highway Statistics Summary
to 1995; and
Federal Highway Administration Highway Statistics, Annual
Issues, 1995-2012.
Federal Register Publications
3 FR 1945-1949 regarding the handling of milk in the New
York Metropolitan Marketing Area, August 1938;
26 FR 7134-7141 regarding amendments to the Chicago
marketing order, August 1961;
27 FR 799-816 regarding amendments to pricing of milk
reserves and excess reserves, January 1962;
31 FR 7062 regarding a Puget Sound, Washington, market
area expansion and amendments to producer-handler definition, May 1966;
39 FR 11567-11571 regarding a partial decision on
emergency measures to suspend butter powder prices, March 1974;
44 FR 48128-48130 regarding a decision to not promulgate
an order in the Southwestern Idaho-Eastern Oregon marketing area,
August 1979;
50 FR 32716, 32718-32719 regarding a decision to expand
two marketing areas and revise location differentials in the Middle
Atlantic and New York-New Jersey areas, August 1985;
52 FR 15951-15960 regarding termination of proceedings on
proposed amendments to the Georgia and certain other marketing areas,
May 1987;
53 FR 686-731 regarding the merger of two marketing areas
in the Great Basin and Lake Mead marketing areas, January 1988;
53 FR 36321-36334 regarding a final decision to provide
partial credits to handlers hauling surplus milk in the Texas marketing
area, September 1988;
55 FR 25618-25669 regarding promulgation of a Carolina
FMMO, June 1990;
56 FR 57850-57864 regarding a decision to adopt multiple
component pricing for the Mid-Atlantic FMMO, November 1991;
58 FR 58112-58137 regarding amendments to the New England
and Certain Other Marketing Areas, October 1993;
59 FR 8546-8565 regarding amendments to the Pacific
Northwest and Southwestern Idaho-Eastern Oregon Marketing Areas,
February 1994;
60 FR 7290-7333 regarding amendments to the New England
and Other Marketing Areas, February 1995;
60 FR 25014-25071 regarding amendments to the Georgia and
Certain Other Marketing Areas, May 1995;
60 FR 41833-41868 regarding amendments to the Chicago
Regional and Other Marketing Areas, August 1995;
60 FR 43066-43089 regarding amendments to the Southern
Michigan Marketing Area, August 1995;
64 Fed Reg. 70868-70912 regarding amendments to the New
England and Other Marketing Areas, December 1999;
65 FR 76832-76861 regarding amendments to the Northeast
and Other Marketing Areas, December 2000;
70 FR 74166, 7418 regarding a final decision on amendments
to the Pacific Northwest and Arizona-Las Vegas Marketing Areas,
December 2005;
71 FR 67467-67495 regarding amendments to the Northeast
and Other Marketing Areas, November 2006;
73 FR 11194-11229 regarding amendments to the Appalachian,
Florida, and Southeast Marketing Areas, February 2008;
73 FR 35306-35331 regarding amendments to the Northeast
and Other Marketing Areas, June 2008;
75 FR 33534-33533 regarding amendments to the Northeast
and Other Marketing Areas, June 2010; and
78 FR 9248 regarding a final decision to adopt changes to
the make allowances and butterfat yield factor in Class III and IV
price formulas, February 2013.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601-608.
Dated: August 8, 2017.
Bruce Summers,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
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