Administrative Rules of Montana
Department 32 - LIVESTOCK
Chapter 32.24 - BOARD OF MILK CONTROL
Subchapter 32.24.5 - Quota and Pooling Rules
Rule 32.24.513 - COMPUTATION OF THE QUOTA PRICE AND EXCESS PRICE TO BE PAID TO POOL PRODUCERS FOR POOL MILK
Universal Citation: MT Admin Rules 32.24.513
Current through Register Vol. 6, March 22, 2024
(1) On or before the 12th day of each month, or the first business day thereafter, the bureau will compute a quota price and an excess price for the preceding month as follows:
(a) Calculate the utilization value
of butterfat and skim usage of pool producers' milk for all pool handlers to
determine a t otal dollar amount for butterfat and skim respectively.
(b) Add all adjustments for surplus sales
described in ARM
32.24.523
and deduct transportation charges for shipments of unprocessed pool milk
between pool plants described in ARM
32.24.524
from the skim totals derived in (1)(a).
(c) Add one-half of the balance of the pool
settlement fund to the skim total derived in (1)(b) and deduct an amount equal
to 12 cents per hundredweight of quota milk received by pool
handlers.
(d) Divide the skim
dollar amount derived in (1)(c) by the total skim pounds to determine a
poolwide value per skim pound. Similarly, divide the butterfat dollar amount
derived in (1)(a) by the total butterfat pounds to determine a poolwide value
per butterfat pound.
(e) The quota
price at 3.5% test will be $1.50 per hundredweight higher than the price for
excess milk. The $1.50 per hundredweight differential will be split
proportionately between butterfat and skim.
(f) To calculate the quota price, divide the
excess pounds by total producer pounds. Multiply the resultant percentage by
the differential in (1)(e) converted to dollars per pound and add the amount so
derived proportionately to the butterfat and skim components of the poolwide
prices in (1)(d). This skim price per pound multiplied by 96.5 pounds added to
this butterfat price per pound multiplied by 3.5 pounds will result in the
quota price per hundredweight at 3.5% butterfat for the month.
(g) To calculate the excess price, subtract
the butterfat and skim proportions of the differential in (1)(e) converted to
dollars per pound from the quota components in (1)(f) and add these negative
amounts to the butterfat and skim components of the poolwide prices in (1)(d).
The skim figure so derived multiplied by 96.5 pounds added to the butterfat
figure so derived multiplied by 3.5 pounds will result in the excess price per
hundredweight at 3.5% butterfat for the month.
(2) The bureau will announce to all interested persons on or before the 13th day of each month, or the first business day thereafter, the quota price and excess price per hundredweight for milk testing 3.5% butterfat, the quota butterfat price and excess butterfat price per pound, and the quota skim price and excess skim price per pound as computed pursuant to (1)(f) and (1)(g).
AUTH: 81-23-302, MCA; IMP: 81-23-302, MCA
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