-8-
1988 5,849 2,473
1989 5,725 2,419
1990 5,262 2,634
1991 5,432 2,574
1992 5,285 2,226
1993 4,691 2,195
Petitioner reduced the size of its dairy herd from 1983 to
1985 so it could participate in the Milk Diversion Program, which
was administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Dairy
and Tobacco Adjustment Act of 1983, Pub. L. 98-180, sec. 102(a)
(sec. 201(d)(3)(A) of the Agricultural Act of 1949), 97 Stat.
1128, 1129-1130. The purpose of the program was to reduce the
production of raw milk in the United States. Id. Petitioner
received $2,052,061.30 ($398,343.50 in fiscal year 1984 and
$1,653,717.80 in fiscal year 1985) from the program. The program
ended on March 31, 1985.
2. The Dairy Association
During the years in issue, petitioner's dairy produced about
one-third of the raw milk it needed in its processing plant.
During the years in issue, petitioner sold all of the milk it
produced to a dairy cooperative, the Florida Dairy Farmers
Association (Dairy Association), and bought all of the milk it
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