Proposed Amendment to 7 Pa. Code Chapter 150 - Milk Marketing Fees
On July 3, 2004, the Board submitted proposed amendments to its fee regulations. The Board is funded by license fees and receives no general fund appropriation. The amendments increase milk dealer license fees and one volume level of subdealer license fees. These increased fees are necessary to provide funding for the Board to continue its operations.
Detailed information is available in the submission.
Economic Impact of Eliminating Pennsylvania's Minimum Milk Pricing System
The Board commissioned Ken Bailey Dairy Consulting to conduct a study to determine the impact of eliminating Pennsylvania's minimum milk pricing system. The study concluded that eliminating minimum milk prices would result in
-short- to medium-term 1.3% increase in fluid milk consumption
-decrease in farm milk prices
-bankruptcy for 57% of fluid milk processors with 66% loss in fluid milk processing volume
-$182 million loss to dairy farmers
-$717 million loss to milk processors
-$2.8 billion reduction in state-wide economic activity
-$683 million in lost wages
-10,047 lost jobs
Read the report here.