2026-19177: Milk in the Northeast and Other Marketing Areas; Uniform Pricing Formula Provisions

Federal Register, Volume 91 Issue 180 (Friday, September 18, 2026) [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 [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2026-19177] ======================================================================== Rules and Regulations Federal Register ________________________________________________________________________ This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains regulatory documents having general applicability and legal effect, most of which are keyed to and codified in the Code of Federal Regulations, which is published under 50 titles pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 1510. The Code of Federal Regulations is sold by the Superintendent of Documents. ======================================================================== Federal Register / Vol. 91, No. 180 / Friday, September 18, 2026 / Rules and Regulations [[Page 59047]] 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. -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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: [email protected].

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 0