 Government's Role in Pricing Fluid Milk in the United StatesEconomic and Statistical Analysis Division, Economic Research Service No 319983, Miscellaneous Publications from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service Abstract: Excerpts from the report: Government participation in the pricing of fluid milk in the United States was inaugurated on a rather broad scale in the early 1930's. A number of States enacted legislation to stabilize milk markets in an attempt to raise prices for milk. The Federal Government entered the fluid milk pricing field following passage of the Agricultural Adjustment Act in 1933. Expansion of Government participation in milk pricing was slow in the late 1930's and little growth occurred during the 1940's. However, during the last ten years, the role of Governments in pricing milk has increased rapidly. As of July 1, 1962, a total of 83 Federal milk marketing orders were in effect in the United States. Dynamic changes in the production and marketing of milk are responsible for the increased demand by producers and other elements in the dairy industry for Government participation in milk pricing. Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:uersmp:319983 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Miscellaneous Publications from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service Contact information at EDIRC. |
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