I was vaguely aware of some of this but had no idea of the extent of it and which products are affected. A bit of searching turns up the Agricultural Marketing

I was vaguely aware of some of this but had no idea of the extent of it and which products are affected. A bit of searching turns up the Agricultural Marketing Service website [1] and some of the markets affected: Fruit and Vegetables Almonds Apricots Avocados Cherries [Sweet] [Tart] Citrus [Florida] [Texas] Cranberries Dates Grapes Hazelnuts Kiwifruit Nectarines Olives Onions [Idaho-E. Oregon] [S. Texas] [Vidalia] [Walla Walla] Peaches Pears [Oregon-Washington] Pistachios Plums/Prunes [California] [Washington] Potatoes [Idaho-E. Oregon] [Washington] [Oregon-California] [Colorado] [Virginia-North Carolina] Raisins Spearmint Oil Tomatoes Walnuts Dairy - a cursory search didn't turn up a comprehensive list but market reports include milk, butter and cheese. Livestock Poultry and Seed Program Rulemaking includes the following: Beef Lamb Pork Poultry and Eggs Sorghum Soybean Other sections include tobacco, cotton, and even organic products. Note that at least some of these programs are involved in grading food products, standardizing marketing claims, and food safety instead of purely market stabilization. One article [2] paints a fairly positive view of these practices and points out how cherry growers decided to go without the regulation and reserve provided and within 10 years prices had plummeted to the point where they decided to reinstate the Cherry Industry Administrative Board. The National Agricultural Law Center has quite a bit more if you're interested in case law, Congressional research, and a number of other resources. [1] http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/ http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/ [2] http://fruitgrowersnews.com/index.php/50th-anniversary/entry/marketing-orders-agreements-perform-different-functions http://fruitgrowersnews.com/index.php/50th-anniversary/entry... [3] http://nationalaglawcenter.org/readingrooms/marketing/ http://nationalaglawcenter.org/readingrooms/marketing/