Milk in the Northeast and Other Marketing Areas; Uniform Pricing Formula Provisions

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The Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) Dairy Program published a final rule in the Federal Register on January 17, 2025, amending the pricing provisions in the 11 Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMOs). This document corrects the Class I differential in Morgan County, Ohio, and removes Shannon County, South Dakota, from the Class I Differential table.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 180 (Friday, September 18, 2026)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 59047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-19177]



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Federal Register / Vol. 91, No. 180 / Friday, September 18, 2026 / 
Rules and Regulations

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

7 CFR Part 1000

[Doc. No. AMS-DA-23-0031]


Milk in the Northeast and Other Marketing Areas; Uniform Pricing 
Formula Provisions

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Final rule; correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) Dairy Program 
published a final rule in the Federal Register on January 17, 2025, 
amending the pricing provisions in the 11 Federal Milk Marketing Orders 
(FMMOs). This document corrects the Class I differential in Morgan 
County, Ohio, and removes Shannon County, South Dakota, from the Class 
I Differential table.

DATES: Effective September 18, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Taylor, USDA/AMS/Dairy Programs, 
Order Formulation and Enforcement Division, STOP 0231-Room 2530, 1400 
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-0231, (202) 720-7311; 
email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#591c2b3037770d382035362b192c2a3d38773e362f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3570475c5b1b61544c595a4775404651541b525a43">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AMS announced changes made to the pricing 
provisions of the 11 FMMOs through a final rule published on January 
17, 2025 (90 FR 6600). AMS now makes the following technical 
corrections to the differentials table in the final rule: amending the 
entry for Morgan County, OH, from ``3.90'' to ``3.80'' and removing the 
table entry for Shannon County, SD, in its entirety.
    The recommended decision published July 15, 2024 (89 FR 57580), 
proposed the Class I differential for Morgan County, Ohio, be $4.00. 
Commenters to the recommended decision requested this county and four 
other Ohio counties be amended to $3.80 rather than $4.00. USDA agreed 
in its final decision published December 2, 2024 (89 FR 95466), that 
the differential for all five counties be set at $3.80. The four other 
Ohio counties were changed correctly. USDA inadvertently changed Morgan 
County, Ohio, to $3.90 instead of $3.80 in the final decision and final 
rule. This final rule corrects that error by amending the value shown 
on the table for Morgan County to read as ``3.80.''
    After Class I differentials were implemented during Order Reform on 
September 1, 1999 (64 FR 47898), the state of South Dakota renamed 
Shannon County to Oglala Lakota County. To show there was a change in 
the differential in the geographic county, USDA left Shannon County in 
the table and zeroed out the differential. The differential is now 
listed under Oglala Lakota County. As the previous Shannon County and 
differential are now listed as Oglala Lakota County, USDA is removing 
Shannon County from the differential table.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 1000

    Milk marketing orders, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Accordingly, 7 CFR part 1000 is amended by making the following 
correcting amendments:

PART 1000--GENERAL PROVISIONS OF FEDERAL MILK MARKETING ORDERS

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1. The authority citation for part 1000 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  7 U.S.C. 601-674, and 7253.


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2. In Sec.  1000.52 amend the table ``Class I differential adjusted for 
location'' by revising the entry for Morgan County, OH, and removing 
the entry for ``Shannon County, SD'' to read as follows:


Sec.  1000.52  Adjusted Class I differentials.

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                                                                                                      Class I
                                                                                                   differential
               County/parish/city                             State                  FIPS code     adjusted for
                                                                                                     location
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MORGAN.........................................  OH                                        39115            3.80
 
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Erin Morris,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2026-19177 Filed 9-17-26; 8:45 am]
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