The seasonal base plans reauthorized by this bill are merely intended to level production and prices over the year to stabilize the market and are not intended to provide any price enhancement or production incentives, measured on a yearly basis, to dairy farmers in those orders. The Secretary of Agriculture should administer any seasonal base plans consistent with that understanding.
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