The mission of Dairy Programs is to assist the dairy industry by providing stability and orderliness in the dairy marketplace, while at the same time assuring the availability of an adequate supply of high-quality milk and dairy products for U.S. consumption.

The announcement of “Advanced Prices and Pricing Factors” for the month of October 2008, originally scheduled for Friday, September 19, 2008, will now be made by Tuesday, September 23, 2008. USDA agreed to delay the announcement at the request of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in order to provide sufficient opportunity for consideration of the motion for preliminary injunction pending before that Court, which seeks to enjoin implementation of the revised manufacturing allowances contained in the Interim Final Rule published in the Federal Register July 31, 2008 (73 FR 44617). The announcement of September Class III and Class IV prices and the Class II butterfat price scheduled for October 3, 2008 will not be affected by this delay.