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Legislative Activity
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Proposed State Legislation (2011-2012 Session):
- Pennsylvania
- Senate Bill 993, An act amending the Milk Marketing Law (renaming the administration agency; further providing for definitions, for appointment and terms of members and quorum and for the Bureau of Consumer Affairs; providing for milk distributors; further providing for records, for reports, for requisites of orders fixing price of milk and for prices to producers; providing for title to milk; further providing for price increases, for expenses and for payment; establishing the Producer Settlement Fund; and repealing provisions relating to the Joint Study Committee).
Federal Legislative Hearings:
- U.S. House of Representatives
- Review Dairy Policy (Committee on Agriculture Field Hearing in Harrisburg, PA, Apr. 2010)
- Russell C. Redding (Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Harrisburg, PA)
- Jim Dunn, Ph.D. (Prof. of Agricultural Economics, Penn State University, University Park, PA)
Government Agencies
U.S. Department of Agriculture:
- Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
- Economic Research Service (ERS)
- Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)
State Resources:
- Pennsylvania
- Other States
Private Organizations:
Domestic Publications
Government Publications:
University Publications:
- Dairy Situation and Outlook, May 2011, Bob Cropp (Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2011)
- Dairy Policy Issues for the 2012 Farm Bill (University of Missouri Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute/University of Wisconsin Dairy Policy Alliance, 2010)
- Dairy Policy Briefs (University of Missouri Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute/University of Wisconsin Dairy Policy Alliance, 2010)
- Basic Milk Pricing Concepts for Dairy Farmers (University of Wisconsin, 2008)
- The U.S. Dairy Industry and International Trade in Dairy Products (New Mexico State University, 2005)
- Federal Milk Marketing Orders (University of Georgia, 1998)
- The Role of Domestic Market Price Regulations in International Trade: The Case of Dairy Policy in the United States (University of California, Davis, 1998)
- Marketing and Pricing of Milk and Dairy Products in the United States (Penn State University, 1997)
- Procedures for Developing, Issuing and Amending a Federal Milk Marketing Order (Cornell University, 1995)
Journal Articles:
Some of these articles may be available at a law library or accessible online for those with LexisNexis, Westlaw, or other electronic database accounts. Some hyperlinks may only be available for those users with access to HeinOnline.
- Milk Marketing Order Litigation, 11 AGRIC. L. UPDATE 4-7 (1994).
- Status of Regional Dairy Compacts, 17 AGRIC. L. UPDATE 4 (2000).
- Law Review Articles
- D.C. Circuit Rejects Challenge to Milk Regulation. — Hettinga v. United States, 677 F.3d 471 (D.C. Cir. 2012) (Per Curiam), Reh'g En Banc Denied, No. 11-5065 (D.C. Cir. June 21, 2012), 126 HARV. L. REV. 1146 (2013).
- Allison Q. Gerhart, Dormant Commerce Clause Implications of Pennsylvania Dairy Regulations, 19 PENN ST. ENVTL. L. REV. 361 (2011).
- Ashley A. Allred, No Longer Crying Over Surplus Milk: The Dairy Price Stabilization Program Act of 2010, 20 SAN JOAQUIN AGRIC. L. REV. 31 (2010-11).
- Chad Kumagai & H. Maxwell Kopper, Crying Over Spilt Milk: Recognizing Hawaii’s Unique State Characteristics in the Context of the Dormant Commerce Clause, 32 U. HAW. L. REV. 513 (2010).
- Damian C. Adams ET AL., Déjà Moo: Is the Return to Public Sale of Raw Milk Udder Nonsense? 13 DRAKE J. AGRIC. L. 305 (2008).
- Solving California’s Milk Crisis, Geoffrey M. Adalian, 11 San Joaquin Agric. L. Rev. 87 (2001).
- Milk Orders: Selected Topics, Vincent A. Foley, Comment, 31 South Dakota L. Rev. 406-415 (1986).
- A Summary: Political and Economic Analysis of Milk Marketing, Snyder, 2 Agricultural L. J. 297-361 (1980).
- Federal Milk Order Regulations: A Defense, Alagia, 24 South Dakota L. Rev. 592-606 (1979).
- Federal Milk Regulation — A Time for Administrative Reform, Ring, 31 Admin. L. Rev. 345-366 (1979).
- The Pricing Policies and Goals of Federal Milk Order Regulations: Time for Reevaluation, Robert T. Masson & Phillip M. Eisenstat, 23 South Dakota L. Rev. 662-697 (1978).
- State Regulation of Milk Producer Pricing and Sales in California, Steven E. Hopkinson, Comment, 11U.C.D. L. Rev. 491-510 (1978).
- Federal Milk Marketing Orders: A Fair Return to the Dairy Farmer Is Not Undue Price Enhancement, Alagia, 21 South Dakota L. Rev. 591-618 (1976).
- Agriculture-Section 8c(5)(G) of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act Prohibits Federal Milk Marketing Orders from Requiring Compensatory Payments That Constitute Trade Barriers [Lehigh Valey Co-op. Farmers, Inc. v. U.S., 82 S. Ct. 1168], Case Note, 111 Univ. Pennsylvania L. Rev. 497-515 (1963).
- Restrictions on the Free Movement of Fluid Milk Under Federal Milk Marketing Orders, Hutt, 37 Univ. Detroit L. J. 525-604 (1960).
- Some Problems of Farmers in Fluid Milk Marketing, Gage, 7 Kansas L. Rev. 311-333 (1959).
- The Pricing of Milk Under Federal Marketing Orders, Neil Brooks, 26 George Washington L. Rev. 181-213 (1958).
- Economics Journal Articles
- Federal Regulation of Milk Production and Sale Is Growing at the Expense of State Authority, Baumer, 12 J. Agricultural Taxation & Law 36-77 (1990).
- Government's Role in Milk Pricing: Then and Now: Discussion, Peter G. Helmberger, 66 American J. Agricultural Economics 780-781 (1984).
- Government's Role in Milk Pricing: Then and Now: Discussion, Richard G. Heifner, 66 American J. Agricultural Economics 778-779 (1984).
- Government's Role in Milk Pricing: Then and Now: Discussion, Ronald D. Knutson, 66 American J. Agricultural Economics 776-777 (1984).
- Buttering up Congress and Milking Consumers, Smith, 1982 Bus. & Society Rev. 34-39 (1982).
- Social Cost of Government Regulation of Milk, R.A. Ippolito & R.T. Masson, 21 J. L. & Economics 33-65 (1978).
- Legal Symposia
- Symposium Introduction: Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, 5 San Joaquin Agric. L. Rev.1-178 (1995).
- Symposium Introductory Remarks: Agricultural Law, 18 Hamline L. Rev. 305-570 (1995).
- Adjusting the Minimum Price of Milk: the Secretary of Agriculture's Sweeping Powers After ...(Lansing Dairy, Inc. v. Espy, 39 F.3d 1339, 7th Cir. 1994), John J. Kastner, Case Note, (pp. 477-502)
- Milk, State Taxes, State Subsidies, and the Commerce Clause: When States Cannot Tax an Agricultural Commodity to Fund a Subsidy for Its Struggling Industries, (West Lynn Creamery, Inc. v. Healy, 114 S. Ct. 2205, 1994), William L. Oemichen, (pp. 415-430)
International Resources
International Governmental Resources:
International Non-Governmental Resources:
International Publications:
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- Country-Specific Publications
- Other Publications
- International Law Journal Articles
- Around the World in Eighty Centiliters, Chen, 15 Minn. J. Int’l L. 1 (2006).
- Milk and Livestock Quotas as Property, Cardwell, 4 Edinburgh L. Rev. 168-190 (2000).
- The SPS Agreement of the World Trade Organization and the International Trade of Dairy Products, 54 Food and Drug L.J. 55 (1999).
- Improper Milk Levies by the European Commission, Heukels, 30 Common Mkt L. Rev. 368-386 (1993).
- Saskatoon Auction Mart: Milk Quotas and Finally Some Commercial Reality, Mercier, 22 Canadian Business L. J. 466-476 (1993).
- Apportionment of Milk Quota, Agnew, 37 J. L. Society Scotland 29-32 (1992).
- General Principles of Community Law and Milk Quotas, Cardwell, 29 Common Market L. R. 723-747 (1992).
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