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Marketing Orders

Overview

Marketing orders and agreements are legal instruments issued by the USDA Secretary that are designed to stabilize market conditions for certain agricultural commodities by regulating the handling of those commodities in interstate or foreign commerce. Read the full overview

Note: Recently added resources are posted at the top of the applicable sections.

Major Statutes

Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act - Ch. 26 Agricultural Adjustment, 7 U.S.C. §§ 601-614

Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act - Ch. 26A Agricultural Marketing Agreements, 7 U.S.C. §§ 671-674

Regulations

Marketing Agreements and Orders: Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts, 7 C.F.R. Parts 900-999

Marketing Agreements and Orders: Milk, 7 C.F.R. Parts 1000-1199

Marketing Agreements and Orders: Miscellaneous Commodities, 7 C.F.R. Parts 1200-1291

Federal Register Rules Open for Comment

Center published Federal Register Digest

Case Law

Case Law Index for Marketing Orders

Administrative Law Decisions

Office of Administrative Law Judges

USDA National Appeals Division

Center published USDA Judicial Officer's Decisions

Congressional Research Service Reports

CRS Subject(s):
Commodities

Agricultural Law Bibliography

Introduction | Keyword Search | Browse Categories

Legal publications on Marketing Orders :
Administrative Law (Federal and State Farm Programs)
Fruits and Vegetables - Perishable Agricultural Commodities
Marketing Boards, Marketing Orders, Marketing Promotion, Marketing Quotas

Reference Resources

Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
Fruit and Vegetable Programs
Fruit vegetable and Specialty Crop Marketing Orders
Guide for Small Business
Steps to Establishing a Marketing Order
Marketing Order Commodity Index
Dairy Programs
Dairy Federal Rule Making
Federal Milk Marketing Orders
Federal Milk Marketing Order Hearings
Federal Order Reform
Federal Milk Marketing Order Statistics
Map of Federal Milk Marketing Order Areas
Map of Federal Milk Marketing Order Class I Price Structure
List of Dairy Program Publications
Publication: Impacts of NASS Nonfat Dry Milk on Price and Sales Volume Revisions on Federal Order Prices (2007)

Economic Research Service (ERS)
Dairy Policy Briefing Room
Farm and Commodity Policy Briefing Room
Fruit and Tree Nut Policy Briefing Room
Vegetables and Melons Policy Briefing Room
Background for 1995 Farm Legislation (Neff, 1995)
Publications: Milk Pricing in the United States (Manchester, 2001)

Congressional Resources

Reports on Marketing Orders (Government Accountability Office, GAO)

Milk Marketing Orders: Option for Change (GAO, 1988)

The Role of Marketing Orders in Establishing and Maintaining Orderly Market Conditions (GAO, Comptroller General, 1985)

Additional Resources

Marketing Orders Posts (United States Agricultural & Food Law and Policy Blog)

Federal Milk Marketing Orders (National Association of State Departments of Agriculture)

Regional Marketing Agreements (National Association of State Departments of Agriculture)

California Department of Food and Agriculture Marketing Act

California Department of Food and Agriculture Marketing Order Agreements

Agricultural Marketing Resource Center: Overview of Marketing Agreements

Publications

Milk Marketing Orders: Winners and Losers (Chouinard, 2005)

Milk Marketing Orders and Sanitation Regulation: Re-evaluating Marketing Orders' Welfare Effects (Balagtas, 2004)

Marketing Order Impact on the Organic Sector: Almonds, Kiwifruit, and Winter Pears (Carman, 2004)

Recommended Readings and Publications

Effects of Milk Marketing Order Regulation on the Share of Fluid-Grade Milk in the United States,
Balagtas, et. al. (89 Am. Jour. of Ag. Econ. 4, 2007)

Federal Marketing Orders for Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts, and Specialty Crops, Powers (ERS, Rep. No. 629, 1990)

Fruit and Vegetable Marketing Orders in the United States, 1937-1987, a Review, French
(International Society for Horticultural Science, 1988)

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