Opinion ID: 184408
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Heading: The National Scheme for the Regulation of Milk Prices

Text: 6 Congress initiated the federal program for the regulation of farm-gate milk prices with the passage of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (AMAA) § 2, 7 U.S.C. §§ 601-624, 671-674 (1994). The AMAA delegates the authority to set minimum milk prices nationwide to the Secretary, § 608c(18), while the states retain authority to establish milk prices above the federal price floor. See United Dairy Farmers Coop. Ass'n v. Milk Control Comm'n of Pennsylvania, 335 F.Supp. 1008, 1013-15 (M.D.Pa.) (three judge court), aff'd without opinion, 404 U.S. 930, 92 S.Ct. 280, 30 L.Ed.2d 244 (1971).