Milk in the Chicago Regional and Other Marketing Areas; Decision on Proposed Amendments to Marketing Agreements and to Orders

Résumé

This final decision adopts changes in the Federal milk marketing orders for five north central marketing areas based on industry proposals considered at a public hearing. The decision adopts a plan for pricing milk on the basis of its protein and other nonfat solids, as well as butterfat, components. The proposed plan includes adjustments per hundredweight based on the somatic cell count of producer milk used in Class II and Class III, and on payments to producers of all pooled milk.