Montana Code 80-11-103. Department’s marketing duties
80-11-103. Department’s marketing duties. The department shall:
Terms Used In Montana Code 80-11-103
- Agricultural products: means crops, livestock, and livestock products. See Montana Code 80-11-101
- Marketing: means all activities involved in getting agricultural products from the producer to the consumer and includes transportation, processing, and distribution. See Montana Code 80-11-101
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(1)keep abreast of research results in the subject matter area of marketing;
(2)coordinate work with local, state, and national planning groups and other interested parties in helping them identify major problem areas and needs in marketing;
(3)develop and carry out appropriate action programs that will result in significant improvements being made by those people concerned with problems of marketing;
(4)coordinate efforts with representatives of other agencies or organizations or persons who are concerned with related programs;
(5)investigate the costs of marketing;
(6)gather and disseminate information concerning supply, demand, favorable marketing information, prevailing prices, and changes in marketing movements, practices, and rates, including common and cold storage of food products;
(7)promote, assist, and encourage the organization and operation of cooperative and other associations and organizations for improving the relations and services among producers, distributors, and consumers of food products;
(8)investigate the practice and methods concerning the marketing of agricultural products;
(9)act as mediator or arbitrator, when invited, in a controversy or issue that may arise between producers and distributors;
(10)assist producers and distributors in the economical and efficient distribution of agricultural products at fair prices;
(11)appear and be heard at any hearing involving agricultural marketing affecting Montana; and
(12)award and distribute grants from the agricultural transportation enhancement account pursuant to 80-11-105 to enhance the transportation of agricultural goods and to meet the purposes of Title 7, chapter 14, part 11.