Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 32 - LIVESTOCK › Chapter 32.24 - BOARD OF MILK CONTROL › Subchapter 32.24.5 - Quota and Pooling Rules › Rule 32.24.512 - REPORTS AND RECORDS

Current through Register Vol. 13, July 5, 2024
(1) All milk and
				its component quantities of skim milk and butterfat received by pool handlers
				will be classified for the purpose of establishing compliance with minimum
				producer prices. For the purpose of determining the audit value of milk
				delivered to a plant under
				81-23-302,
				MCA, all butterfat and skim milk received from pool producers is considered to
				be utilized by the plant in either Class I, II, or III as indicated by plant
				processing and sales records.
(2)
				On or before the eighth business day after the end of each month, each pool
				handler must report for such months, to the bureau with respect to the pool
				plant(s) operated by such handler, and for all pool milk marketed to nonpool
				plants, on forms provided by the bureau, the following:
(a) the quantities and butterfat content of
				milk received or marketed from the farms of pool producers during the month,
				the location of the pool plant where the milk was first received, and the
				pounds thereof which qualified as quota milk;
(b) the quantities and butterfat and skim
				milk content of milk and fluid milk products received from other pool plants
				during the month;
(c) the
				quantities and butterfat and skim milk content of any other receipts of nonpool
				milk, the pounds and butterfat and skim milk content of all other dairy
				products received during the month (except nonfluid milk products disposed of
				in the form in which received without further processing);
(d) the quantities and butterfat and skim milk content
				of all inventories of milk and other dairy products on hand in the pool plant
				at the beginning of the month;
(e)
				the quantities and butterfat and skim milk content of all milk and milk
				products disposed of from the pool plant during the month organized by classes
				of utilization, and in the case of any such products transferred in fluid form
				to the pool plants of other pool handlers, the quantities and butterfat and
				skim milk content transferred to another pool plant;
(f) the quantities and butterfat and skim
				milk content of all milk and other dairy products utilized in the processing or
				manufacturing of dairy products in the pool plant during the month, together
				with the same information for the products produced;
(g) the disposition made of any pool milk
				marketed by the pool handler during the month that was not received at a pool
				plant and the utilization made of such milk organized by classes of
				utilization;
(h) the quantities
				together with the butterfat and skim milk content of inventories of all milk
				and dairy products on hand in the pool plant at the end of the month;
(i) out-of-state sales (packaged and bulk)
				showing the quantities and butterfat and skim milk content, organized by the
				classes of utilization, and showing information necessary to calculate
				adjustments to the pool handler's utilization value described in ARM
				32.24.523
				for the sale of surplus milk;
(j)
				the weight of milk and the transportation charges for shipments of unprocessed
				pool milk between plants marketed pursuant to ARM
				32.24.524;
(k) a copy of each milk price forward
				contract in effect for the month or any other information applicable to the
				application of a milk price forward contract for the month; and
(l) list of producers who have gone out of
				business during the preceding month.