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Dairy Farmers of America

October 18, 2017

Appalachian Milk Marketing Order Southwest Milk Marketing Order
Harold H. Friedly, Jr. - Market Administrator Cary Hunter — Market Administrator
P. O. Box 91528 P.O. Box 110939

Louisville, Kentucky 40291-4467 Carrollton, TX 75011-0939

Southeast Milk Marketing Order Clifford Carman

Erik F. Rasmussen — Market Administrator Assistant to the Deputy Administrator
2763 Meadow Church Road USDA - AMS - Dairy Programs
Suite 100 Stop 0225, Room 2968-South
Duluth, GA 30097 1400 Independence Avenue, SW

Washington, DC 20250-0225

Dear Market Administrators and Deputy Administrator:

There has been renewed discussion relative to seeking an Order Hearing to modify the milk pricing
provisions in the Appalachian and Southeastern Orders to include multiple component pricing terms. The
majority of the cooperatives who market milk in the southeast support this effort. Those cooperatives
include Cobblestone Milk Cooperative, Dairy Farmers of America, Inc., Erie Cooperative Association Inc.,
Lanco—Pennland Milk Producers, Land O’Lakes, Inc., Lone Star Milk Producers Association, Maryland
and Virginia Milk Producers Association, Michigan Milk Producers Association, Prairie Farms Dairy Inc.,
Premier Milk Inc., Select Milk Producers, Inc., Southeast Milk Inc. and White Eagle Cooperative
Association. (The Cooperatives). Additionally, this proposal is supported by the trade association National
All-Jersey Inc.

To facilitate the development of a hearing proposal The Cooperatives make the following data request.

Provide the "dot density" maps for Orders 1, 5, 7, 30, 32, 33, 126 showing the county of origin of the
production pooled on the Orders for the months of May and December of 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.

Monthly for the period January 2014 to date, for the counties defined in the Federal Order 126 statistical
records “Production Statistics” as Area 5N the milk production volumes and components tests for milk that
was pooled on Order 5 and 7 and 126.

Monthly for the period January 2014 to date, the dollar and per hundredweight gain or / loss to Orders 5
and 7 producers from using skim/ fat pricing versus MCP pricing.

Differentiate the gain / loss computed above arising from the use of component versus skim / fat values and
due to somatic cell count (SCC) calculations.

Monthly for the period January 2014 to date, the component tests and SCC tests for milk produced inside
the Order 5 and 7 marketing areas, and pooled on Orders 1, 30, 32, 33 and 126.

Monthly for the period January 2014 to date, the component tests and SCC tests for milk produced inside
the marketing areas of Orders 1, 30, 32, 33 and 126 and pooled on Orders 5 and 7.

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We understand that some of the data requested may be restricted due to the confidentiality guidelines of the
Orders. If that occurs, please provide data in a more aggregated form but at the least level of aggregation
possible.

Please let us know if further definition of our request is necessary.
Sincerely,

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Elvin Hollon
Vice President Fluid Marketing/Economic Analysis

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