11.4 Regional Marketing Agreements
The Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact Commission was established and has the authority to raise the price paid to dairy farmers by milk processors to levels above the federal minimum level. Any producer selling milk into a pool which markets in the Compact region, is eligible for an increase in price for fluid milk resulting from actions taken by the Compact commission.
NASDA believes that states should have the flexibility to create multi-state marketing agreements in order to enhance farm prices within their borders. Such authority would not be intended to permit states to erect trade barriers nor distort market conditions in any other geographical area.