BUREAU OF MILK ^4ARKETING 

 John B. Kelley, Director 



The Division closed its first operational year under a streamlined 

 Departmental reorganization which welded State Milk Control operations into 

 a new Division of Regulatory Services. 



The Division continued to fulfill its assigned functions in requiring 

 compliance with state laws aimed at preventing disruptions in milk markets. 

 One of the largest fluid milk handlers in the Commonwealth has filed for 

 bankruptcy for the second time. This unfortunate occurrence has tested the 

 resources of the staff while causing financial harm to the dairy producers 

 involved. New irarkets have been secured and the Division continues to 

 involve itself with the cooperation and assignment of the United States 

 court in a final resolution. 



The Bureau of Milk Marketing has assumed the bonding responsibilities 

 of the Department of Food & Agriculture under Chapter 94 Section 94A. Using 

 revised monitoring procedures, the bonding requirements of individuals are 

 being reviewed on an on-going basis and additional bond is being required in 

 response to shifts in market conditions. 



Field accounting responsibilities of the Bureau of Milk Marketing will 

 substantially increase in the forthcoming year. As mandated by Congress, 

 the Commodity Credit Corporation, commencing December 1, 1982 will demand 

 a strict deduction of 50<: for hundredweight of all milk marketed by 

 Massachusetts producers. 



During the fiscal year licensing of all milk dealers at wholesale and 

 retail was drastically improved by implementation of the new data processing 

 system established in the Department to give information at the press of a 

 button while reducing clerical workload. 



All listings, mailing and questionaires were interfaced and 4100 

 applications were processed using the new system. 



The Bureau of Milk Marketing notes with warm approval the farsighted 

 efforts of Massachusetts producers who this year, by voluntary deduction 

 through dealers or co-operative associations, increased their contribution 

 to Milk Promotion Services, Inc. from $361,800 to $424,209 or a hefty increase 

 of $62,409. The "take-out" was increased from 8is<^ per hundredweight of milk 

 shipped by the dairy farmer to lit per hundredweight of the milk shipped. 



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