In the September 13, 2016, Federal Register, USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service ("AMS") announced that no changes will be made to the current distribution of domestic National Dairy Promotion and Research Board ("Dairy Board") members in 12 regions as outlined in Section 1150.131(b) of the Dairy Research and Promotion Order ("Dairy Order"). The Dairy Order provides that the Dairy Board will review the geographic distribution of milk production throughout the United States and, if warranted, recommend to the Secretary a reapportionment of the regions and/or modification of the number of domestic members from the regions in order to better reflect the geographic distribution of milk production volumes in the United States. The number of domestic Dairy Board members was last modified in 2011 based on 2010 U.S. milk production. The rule was effective September 13, 2016.
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