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of Contents
Preface
Introduction
- New England Governors' Council
Summary
Findings
Summary
Conclusions
List
of Attachments for Part I
Part
I. Operation and Impact of the Compact Over-Order Price Regulation
1.Price
Regulation - Summary Facts and Figures
A.
Overview
B.
Over-order Obligation and Producer Payments
C.
WIC Exemption, School Lunch Reimbursement and Supply Management
Reserve
D.
Administrative Assessment
E.
Producer Payment Per Farm
F.
Obligation/Procurement Cost Per Gallon
2.New
England and New York Pooled Farm Data
A.
Overview and Herd Size
B.
Herd Size and Production
C.
Farm Attrition Data
D.
Production: Regional Production; pool volume; per cow production and cow
numbers
3.Data
on Farm Viability
A.
Overview
B.
“Typical Farm” Impact, 1997 - 2000
C.Impact
on “Credit Worthy” Farms
D.Impact
on Farm Stress/Farm Viability
E.
Farm Attrition Analysis
4.Consumer
Impact Report
A.
Overview
B.
Procurement Cost/Retail Price Relationship
C.
Projected Per Capita and Household Impact
D.
Selected County and State Impacts
E.
Future Analysis
Part
II.Legal History of the Compact
1.Introduction
2.Interstate
Negotiation and Formal Legislative Action
A.
Milk Market Regulation and the Evolution of the Regional Market
B.
The New Deal Federalist Design of Milk Market Regulation
The
New Deal and the Courts
C.
State Regulation Under the New Deal
D.
Changes in the Marketplace
E.
Impetus for Change and Establishment of the Northeast Dairy Compact
F.
Final Resort to Individual State Action
G.
Inception of the Compact
H.
Draft Copy
I.
The Process of Interstate Legislative Action
3.Federal
Authorization
A.
Overview and the 1994 Hearings
B.
Congressional Consent
C.
The Secretary's Finding and the Milk Industry Foundation Case
4.Organization
and Implementation of Price Regulations
A.
Overview - Organization
B.
The First Rulemaking Proceeding
Subjects
and Issues Rulemaking
Proposed
Rule
C.
The First and Second Rules
D. Subsequent Developments
School
Lunch Reimbursement
Diversions
and Transfers
Section
9(f) Price Incentive and Surplus Production
5.Handler
Petitions for Exemption and Associated Litigation
A.
Overview - Petitions for Exemption
B.
The New York State Dairy Foods Case
C.
The Organic Cow and Horizon Cases
6.Conclusion
Part
III. Summary of the Regular Monthly Meetings of the Northeast Dairy Compact
Commission, April 2001 through August 2001, Held in Compact States
note: many attachments in part iii require adobe
acrobat.
1.Overview
2.Meeting
in Vermont
3.Meeting
in Rhode Island
4.Meeting
in Massachusetts
5.Meeting
in Maine
6.Meeting
in Connecticut
Appendix
1.List
of Attachments for Part I
2.List
of Attachments for Part III
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