Milk in the Southern Michigan Marketing Area; Order Amending Order

This final rule amends the Southern Michigan Federal milk marketing order based on industry proposals considered at public hearings. This rule adopts a multiple component pricing (MCP) plan for pricing milk on the basis of its butterfat and protein components and a ``fluid carrier'' residual. The plan includes adjustments to the producer protein price based on the somatic cell count of producer milk. This rule also adopts amendments to certain shipping percentages and increases the maximum allowable administrative and marketing service assessment rates. The amended order has been approved by more than two-thirds of the producers in the market who were eligible to have their milk pooled during the representative month for voting purposes.