Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60

§1446b Policy with Regard to Dairy Products

Title 7 › Chapter 35A— PRICE SUPPORT OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES › Subchapter III— NONBASIC AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES › § 1446b

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Requires that the nation keep a steady supply of good-quality milk and dairy foods because they matter for health, the economy, and national defense. It promotes using more dairy, supports farms that use healthy cattle and clean equipment, and aims to help dairy farmers earn a fair return.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §1446b

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The production and use of abundant supplies of high quality milk and dairy products are essential to the health and general welfare of the Nation: a dependable domestic source of supply of these foods in the form of high grade dairy herds and modern, sanitary dairy equipment is important to the national defense; and an economically sound dairy industry affects beneficially the economy of the country as a whole. It is the policy of Congress to assure a stabilized annual production of adequate supplies of milk and dairy products; to promote the increased use of these essential foods; to improve the domestic source of supply of milk and butterfat by encouraging dairy farmers to develop efficient production units consisting of high-grade, disease-free cattle and modern sanitary equipment; and to stabilize the economy of dairy farmers at a level which will provide a fair return for their labor and investment when compared with the cost of things that farmers buy.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Agricultural Act of 1954, and not as part of the Agricultural Act of 1949 which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of the 1949 Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 1421 of this title and Tables.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

7 U.S.C. § 1446b

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60