HB 1527 Summary

• Establishes that milk stabilization plans must include minimum prices for processors purchasing raw milk from dairy farmers, considering supplies, reserves, production data, feed prices, and wage rates.

• Requires minimum prices for processors charging retailers and distributors charging retailers for milk products, applicable regardless of delivery location, considering raw milk prices, processing costs, returns on investment, and sales volumes.

• Removes the requirement for milk stabilization plans to establish minimum or maximum retail prices that consumers pay for milk and milk products.

• Prohibits the milk marketing board from establishing any maximum or minimum retail price that retailers may charge consumers for milk or milk products.

• Grants the agriculture commissioner authority to adopt rules administering the milk marketing chapter and provide oversight of the milk marketing board.