(a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) The State of Arkansas is at risk of losing its dairy industry if immediate legislative action is not taken to reduce the sharp decline in the number of its dairy farms; and (2) The loss of the dairy industry in Arkansas will result not only in the demise […]
As used in this subchapter, “milk producer” means a person or entity that operates a bovine dairy farm that possesses a valid permit signed by the administrator of the Arkansas Grade “A” Milk Program.
(a) The Dairy Stabilization Grant is created. (b) (1) (A) If funds are available, the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture shall calculate monthly the difference between the average monthly blend price of milk received by Arkansas milk producers as estimated by the secretary and seventy percent (70%) of the average monthly cost of producing […]
(a) If funds are available, as an incentive to continue milk production and to improve milk quality, the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture may pay a milk producer the following incentive payments: (1) (A) Fifty cents (50¢) per hundred weight of milk for each hundred weight of milk produced above the milk producer’s average […]
The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration and the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture shall adopt rules to implement this subchapter.
