AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: establish temporary minimum price for Class II and Class III milk under Federal milk marketing orders (see H.R. 3935), H11867 [27OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: clarify definition of delivery under a Federal milk marketing order and that the producer may not be charged for transportation costs incurred by a handler after raw milk leaves the farm (see H.R. 4117), H13351 [19NO]

———determine the price of all milk used for manufactured purposes by using the national average cost of production (see S. 889), S4669 [23AP] (see S. 1645), S8994 [6AU]

———prohibit the use of distance or transportation costs as a basis for pricing milk (see S. 667), S3609 [23MR]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Agriculture: clarify definition of delivery under a Federal milk marketing order and that the producer may not be charged for transportation costs incurred by a handler after raw milk leaves the farm (H.R. 4117), H13471 [3DE]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Agriculture: determine the price of all milk used for manufactured purposes by using the national average cost of production (S. 889), S4693 [23AP]