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Raw OLRC USLM XML zips @ release 119-100 (retrieved 2026-07-04 via Atlas depot), ingested with the standard pipeline: raw snapshot -> per-section OKF markdown -> manifest + checksums. Title 52 untouched. LegalText: 171 -> 11,221. Titles 12-54 await a clean OLRC retry. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "7 U.S.C. § 9052"
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description: "Calculation of average feed cost and actual dairy production margins"
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title_number: 7
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title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
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chapter_number: "115"
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chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY POLICY AND PROGRAMS"
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section: "9052"
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citation: "7 U.S.C. § 9052"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 7 U.S.C. § 9052 - Calculation of average feed cost and actual dairy production margins
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## Text
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(a) Calculation of average feed cost The Secretary shall calculate the national average feed cost for each month using the following data:
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(1) The price of corn for a month shall be the price received during that month by farmers in the United States for corn, as reported in the monthly Agricultural Prices report by the Secretary.
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(2) The price of soybean meal for a month shall be the central Illinois price for soybean meal, as reported in the Market News–Monthly Soybean Meal Price Report by the Secretary.
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(3) The price of alfalfa hay for a month shall be the price received during that month by farmers in the United States for alfalfa hay, as reported in the monthly Agricultural Prices report by the Secretary.
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(b) Calculation of actual dairy production margin (1) In general For use in dairy margin coverage, the Secretary shall calculate the actual dairy production margin for each month by subtracting—
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(A) the average feed cost for that month, determined in accordance with subsection (a); from
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(B) the all-milk price for that month.
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(2) Time for calculation The calculation required by this subsection shall be made as soon as practicable using the full-month price of the applicable reference month.
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(Pub. L. 113–79, title I, § 1402, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 689; Pub. L. 115–123, div. F, § 60101(b)(1)(B), Feb. 9, 2018, 132 Stat. 311; Pub. L. 115–334, title I, § 1401(k)(3), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4516.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments2018—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 115–334 substituted “dairy margin coverage” for “the margin protection program” in introductory provisions. Pub. L. 115–123 substituted “month” for “consecutive 2-month period” wherever appearing.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Effective Date of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–334 effective on Jan. 1, 2019, see section 1401(m) of Pub. L. 115–334, set out as a note under section 9051 of this title. Amendment by Pub. L. 115–123 applicable beginning with the 2018 calendar year, see section 60101(b)(5) of Pub. L. 115–123, set out as a note under section 9051 of this title.
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Collection of Alfalfa Hay DataPub. L. 115–334, title I, § 1401(c), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4512, provided that: “Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 20, 2018], the Secretary [of Agriculture], acting through the National Agricultural Statistics Service, shall revise monthly price survey reports to include prices for high-quality alfalfa hay in the top five milk producing States, as measured by volume of milk produced during the previous month.”
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