The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced last Friday that proceedings on proposed amendments to the Class I price surface of the Mideast milk marketing order have been terminated. Although USDA issued a recommended decision in 2009 to adopt the amendments, the department determined that significant changes in the marketing conditions of the Mideast marketing area make any increase in the Class I prices unjustified and decided to terminate the rulemaking proceedings.

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