The Mandatory Price Reporting Act of 2010 was passed on September 27, 2010, the act required USDA to release dairy product sales information on or before Wednesday at 3:00 pm EST (unless affected by a Federal Holiday). The act also required the establishment of an electronic mandatory price reporting system for dairy products reported under Public Law 106-532. These dairy statistics will continue to be collected on a weekly basis, AMS-Dairy Programs will collect, analyze, aggregate, and publish dairy products sales information for selected dairy commodities.
