CDFA .pdf links 
updated Jan. 14, 2005

Class 4b Hearing Notice

Revised Petition Dec. 31, 2004

Western United Dairymen Alternative Proposal revision to Western United Dairymen's Alternative Proposal for the February 1, 2005 Class 2, 3, 4a & 4b, dated January 24, 2005.

Western United Dairymen Alternative Proposal

Land O'Lakes Petition

Dairy Institute Alternative Proposal

California Dairies Inc. Alternative Proposal

Alternative Proposal Jan. 2005

Alternative Proposal Dec. 2004

Alliance of Western Milk Producers Alternative Proposal

Milk Producers Council Hearing Testimony

February 9, 2005 Update
The Department of Food and Agriculture received a petition from the Dairy
Institute of California on Wednesday, February 9, 2005. The petition
regards changes to the Class 1 pricing formulas in Northern and Southern
California.

Pursuant to regulation, within fifteen days of the receipt of this
petition, the Department must either schedule the matter for public
hearing or notify the petitioner in writing that the petition is being
denied.

The Department will carefully weigh the merits of this petition and
respond no later than February 23, 2005, with a decision on whether or
not to call a hearing on the matter raised in the petition.

A copy of the petition can be accessed from the Department's website at
http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/dairy. From the dairy home page, click on Announcements,
Hearings and Statutes then Dairy Hearing Matrix, then go to Class 1
Pricing Formula 2/9/05.

Should you have any questions concerning the petition or the process by
which it is reviewed, please contact Dave Ikari at the above telephone
number or e-mail address.