The negotiations have yielded reform in milk marketing orders in three fundamental ways. First, the reforms would have mandated a reduction in the number of orders, with a consolidation plan to be decided by the end of 1998 and implemented by the end of 2000. Second, they would have mandated the use of a multiple-basing point pricing system in Federal orders. Third, they would have provided that no Federal funds could be used to administer more than 14 marketing orders after December 31, 2000, if the Secretary of Agriculture failed to implement the order consolidation plan, which would have required no fewer than 10 nor more than 14 orders.
Dick Lugar: “The negotiations have yielded reform in milk marketing orders in three fundamental ways. First, the reforms would have…”
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Discussing reforms in milk marketing orders during a floor speech.
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