HIGHLIGHTS THIS ISSUE

Notice: LAST PRINTED ISSUE

Number of Producers & Pounds of Milk: November 2015

Map of Pounds of Producer Milk by County

MARKET SUMMARIES FOR DECEMBER

Pacific Northwest (FO 124)

Producers delivered a total of 738.6 mil-

lion pounds of milk to the market during

December. Daily deliveries averaged 23.8

million pounds, up 0.4 percent from No-

vember. An estimated 570 producers de-

livered milk to the market during the

month. Daily deliveries per producer aver-

aged 41,799 pounds, up 0.4 percent from

November.

Class I producer milk during December

totaled 173.3 million pounds, 23.5 per-

cent of total producer receipts. Daily us-

age averaged 5.6 million pounds, up 0.5

percent from November.

Arizona (FO 131)

Producers delivered a total of

424.7 million pounds of milk to the mar-

ket during December. Daily deliveries av-

eraged 13.7 million pounds, up 7.8 per-

cent from November. An estimated 95

producers delivered milk to the market

during the month. Daily deliveries per

producer averaged 144,198 pounds, up 3.2

percent from November.

Class I producer milk during December

totaled 115.6 million pounds, 27.2 per-

cent of total producer receipts. Daily us-

age averaged 3.7 million pounds, up 3.2

percent from November.

Producer Prices &

Component Levels

FO 124 FO 131

Nov Dec Nov Dec

Uniform Price (at 3.5%) $16.68 $15.68 $17.28 $16.24

Uniform Price (at test) $19.14 $18.00 $17.67 $16.60

PPD $1.38 $1.24

n/a Butterfat $3.1830 $2.9057

Protein $1.3205 $1.3599

Other Solids $0.0361 $0.0355

Uniform Skim n/a

$6.52 $6.16

Uniform Butterfat $3.1399 $2.9426

Butterfat 4.123% 4.135% 3.627% 3.624%

Protein 3.355% 3.337% n/a

Other Solids 5.746% 5.726%

Pacific Northwest and Arizona Marketing Areas

William A. Wise, Market Administrator

Volume 42, No. 1 January 2016 Data for December 2015

Pool Quick Stats

UNIFORM PRICE

$12

$14

$16

$18

$20

$22

$24

$26

$28

124 131

December 2014 November 2015 December 2015

Facilitating the Efficient Marketing of Milk

FINAL CLASS PRICES The December 2015 Final Class Prices were calculated using AMS commodity price surveys from December 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2015. Current and archived Final Class Price announcements are available at www.fmmaseattle.com/finalprice.htm.

Federal Order Price Summaries

AMS COMMODITY PRICES FOR

FINAL CLASS PRICES CALCULATION

November December Change

Cheese $1.6503 $1.5719 ($0.0784)

Butter $2.7999 $2.5709 ($0.2290)

Nonfat Dry Milk $0.8372 $0.7893 ($0.0479)

Whey $0.2341 $0.2336 ($0.0005)

CURRENT COMMODITY PRICES

The AMS survey of cheddar cheese prices showed a net decrease in prices received for 40-pound blocks and a net increase for 500-pound barrels. The survey of 40-pound blocks showed a net decrease of 8.03 cents between the December 19 and the January 16 surveys, to $1.4769 per pound. The survey of 500-pound barrels (adjusted to 38% moisture) showed a net increase of 0.70 cents to $1.5432 per pound. The AMS butter price showed a net decrease of 42.15 cents between the weeks ending December 19 and January 16 from $2.4642 per pound to $2.0427 per pound. The AMS nonfat dry milk showed a net de-crease of 0.61 cents since mid-December to $0.7857 per pound. The average price for AMS whey showed a net increase of 0.38 cents since mid-December to $0.2351 per pound.

Commodity Price Summaries

FINAL Class I

(FO124)

Class I

(FO131) Class II Class III Class IV Butterfat Protein

Other

Solids

Nonfat

Solids

Nov 2015 $18.38 $18.83 $18.26 $15.30 $16.89 $3.1830 $1.3205 $0.0361 $0.6627

Dec 2015 $18.61 $19.06 $16.71 $14.44 $15.52 $2.9057 $1.3599 $0.0355 $0.6153

Change $0.23 $0.23 ($1.55) ($0.86) ($1.37) ($0.2773) $0.0394 ($0.0006) ($0.0474)

ADVANCED CLASS I PRICE The February 2016 Advanced Price was calculated using AMS commodity price surveys from January 9 and 16, 2016. Current and archived Advanced Price announcements are available at www.fmmaseattle.com/advanceprice.htm.

ADVANCED Butterfat Class III

Skim

Class IV

Skim

Base

Skim

Base

Class I

Class I

(FO124)

Class I

(FO131)

Class II

Skim

Class II Non-

fat Solids

Jan 2016 $3.0362 $4.04 $5.61 $5.61 $16.04 $17.94 $18.39 $6.31 $0.7011

Feb 2016 $2.2678 $5.91 $5.47 $5.91 $13.64 $15.54 $15.99 $6.17 $0.6856

Change ($0.7684) $1.87 ($0.14) $0.30 ($2.40) ($2.40) ($2.40) ($0.14) ($0.0155)

AMS COMMODITY PRICES FOR

ADVANCED CLASS PRICES CALCULATION

January February Change

Cheese $1.5753 $1.5115 ($0.0638)

Butter $2.6787 $2.0442 ($0.6345)

Nonfat Dry Milk $0.7970 $0.7817 ($0.0153)

Whey $0.2341 $0.2344 $0.0003

Issued January 2016 The Market Administrator’s Report Page 2

USDA Updates

Issued January 2016 The Market Administrator’s Report Page 3

OVERVIEWS OF COMPONENT TESTS OF PRODUCER MILK AT THE FARM LEVEL

The market administrator’s office recently published two overviews of component tests of producer milk pooled on the Pacific North-west and Arizona Federal Milk Marketing Orders. The overviews re-flect data for 2013 and 2014. Each overview includes a more detailed description of the data and can be found at www.fmmaseattle.com/historicaldata.htm under Overviews of Component Tests: Pacific Northwest and Arizona Or-ders. Please contact John Mykrantz at jmykrantz@fmmaseattle.com or 425-487-5612, if you have any questions concerning the overviews.

NOTICE FROM THE MARKET ADMINISTRATOR: LAST PRINTED ISSUE

The Market Administrator’s office is moving toward electronic-only versions of

certain documents, including our monthly bulletin, the “Market Administrator’s

Report.” Effective February 1, 2016, this document will no longer be mailed

and will only be available electronically on our website and via email. This is-

sue is the last printed copy of the “Market Administrator’s Report.”

Current and archived bulletins are available at: www.fmmaseattle.com/

bulletins.htm. To be added to our email distribution list, please send your contact

information (including your full name and email address) to fmmaseat-

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RESUMPTION OF ASSESSMENTS

On January 20, 2016, the market administrator issued a letter to all

handlers advising them that the administrative assessment of 3.5

cents per hundredweight that was waived for the milk pooled dur-

ing the month of December 2015 will resume beginning with the

milk pooled for the month of January 2016.

REVISED DEADLINES TO FILE

TRANSCRIPT CORRECTIONS

On January 8, 2016, Adminis-

trative Law Judge Jill Clifton

revised the deadlines to file

proposed transcript corrections

for the hearing on a proposed

Federal Milk Marketing Order in

California.

The revised date for the Propo-

nents of Proposals 1 and 2 is

now January 25, 2016. The re-

vised date for any additional

proposed transcript corrections

is now February 16, 2016.

Source: USDA. Agricultural Marketing

Service.

Number of Producers and Pounds of Milk: November 2015

Issued January 2016 The Market Administrator’s Report Page 4

State County 1/ Producers Milk State County 1/ Producers Milk

ARIZONA ORDER

Arizona Washington

Maricopa 49 196,539,740 Adams 9 19,512,365

Pinal 22 133,481,490 Benton 3 6,970,434

Restricted 2/ 9 30,592,589 Clark 7 6,317,299

Total Arizona 80 360,613,819 Franklin 11 48,052,021

California Grant 20 53,847,735

Restricted 3/ 11 20,694,508 Grays Harbor 9 4,379,743

Total Arizona Order 91 381,308,327 King 23 12,818,213

Klickitat 3 1,510,377

Lewis 28 10,134,074

PACIFIC NORTHWEST ORDER Pacific 7 2,219,761

California Skagit 30 22,440,060

Siskiyou 3 1,203,476 Snohomish 20 19,461,147

Idaho Spokane 6 1,275,825

Restricted 4/ 7 712,736 Stevens 7 1,097,244

Oregon Thurston 9 10,341,268

Benton 4 3,035,733 Whatcom 98 77,591,271

Clackamas 6 711,345 Yakima 64 214,345,369

Clatsop 4 1,018,277 Restricted 6/ 9 4,457,981

Coos 10 4,914,452 Total Washington 363 516,772,187

Josephine 3 729,991 Total Pacific Northwest Order 570 711,210,346

Klamath 5 5,624,112

Lane 3 4,637,246 Total for Both Orders 661 1,092,518,673

Linn 6 2,992,088

Marion 27 26,556,495 1/ Restricted Counties Identified in Footnotes 2-6.

Morrow 6 68,698,350 2/ Cochise, Greenlee, La Paz, Pima & Yuma, AZ and Bailey

Polk 5 10,421,507 & Parmer, TX

Tillamook 92 44,132,498 3/ Imperial, Riverside, & San Bernardino, CA

Umatilla 4 4,241,003 4/ Bear Lake, Franklin & Latah, ID, and Cache, UT

Washington 11 4,204,771 5/ Columbia, Deschutes & Jackson, OR

Yamhill 6 9,631,941 6/ Clallam, Cowlitz, Island, Jefferson, Kittitas, Lincoln

Restricted 5/ 5 972,138 Pierce & Wahkiakum, WA

Total Oregon 197 192,521,947

PACIFIC NORTHWEST ORDER (CONTINUED)

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Pacific Northwest (FO 124) and Arizona (FO 131) Producer Milk Pooled January 2013 - November 2015 (million pounds)

FO 124 FO 131

Pounds of Producer Milk by County: November 2015

Issued January 2016 The Market Administrator’s Report Page 5

Monthly Selected Statistics

Monthly Supplemental Statistics

Issued January 2016 The Market Administrator’s Report Page 6

Nov Oct Nov Oct Nov Oct Nov Oct

2015 2015 2014 2014 2015 2015 2014 2014

Number of Handlers

Pool Handlers 24 23 22 22 7 7 7 7

Distributing Plants 12 12 13 14 5 5 5 5

Supply Plants 1/ 6 6 4 3 1 1 1 1

Cooperatives 6 6 5 5 1 1 1 1

Producer-Handlers 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0

Other Plants w/ Class I Use 22 20 19 20 23 24 22 22

Class I Route Disposition In Area

By Pool Plants 153,437,428 154,381,690 154,308,520 159,014,535 83,891,799 86,259,938 82,300,839 87,086,557

By Producer-Handlers 6,635,079 6,917,253 6,837,222 7,248,750 0 0 0 0

By Other Plants 11,424,857 12,182,502 11,158,732 12,043,702 7,719,614 7,770,762 7,190,857 8,076,108

Total 171,497,364 173,481,445 172,304,474 178,306,987 91,611,413 94,030,700 89,491,696 95,162,665

Producer-Handler Data

% Class I Use 61.65% 59.62% 64.77% 67.62% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

% of Total In-Area Route Dispositions 3.87% 3.99% 3.97% 4.07% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Preliminary data indicated in bold . 1/ Includes Cooperative Pool Manufacturing Plants.

PACIFIC NORTHWEST ARIZONA

SUPPLEMENTAL DATA

Dec Nov Dec Nov Dec Nov Dec Nov

2015 2015 2014 2014 2015 2015 2014 2014

Producer Prices

Producer Price Differential ($/cwt) $1.24 $1.38 $1.05 ($1.76) + + + +

Butterfat ($/pound) 2.9057 3.1830 2.0991 2.2011 + + + +

Protein ($/pound) 1.3599 1.3205 2.7387 3.9018 + + + +

Other Solids ($/pound) 0.0355 0.0361 0.3996 0.4505 + + + +

Uniform Skim Price ($/cwt) + + + + $6.16 $6.52 $12.44 $13.37

Uniform Butterfat Price ($/pound) + + + + 2.9426 3.1399 2.1194 2.3672

Statistical Uniform Price ($/cwt) $15.68 $16.68 $18.87 $20.18 $16.24 $17.28 $19.42 $21.19

Producer Data

Number of Producers 570 570 578 429 95 91 92 92

Avg. Daily Production (pounds) 41,799 41,618 40,472 33,816 144,198 139,673 143,336 134,899

Producer Milk Ratios

Class I 23.46% 23.44% 24.30% 37.99% 27.23% 28.44% 26.89% 27.89%

Class II 5.82% 6.85% 5.68% 10.13% 10.54% 10.00% 10.44% 11.77%

Class III 42.62% 41.86% 41.00% 7.83% 27.77% 29.23% 24.99% 25.54%

Class IV 28.10% 27.85% 29.02% 44.05% 34.46% 32.33% 37.68% 34.80%

Market Shrinkage

Pounds 10,225,822 17,491,547 11,182,512 6,170,595 1,985,503 2,093,663 1,631,440 1,624,681

% of Producer Milk 1.38% 2.46% 1.54% 1.42% 0.47% 0.55% 0.40% 0.44%

+ Not Applicable. Preliminary data indicated in bold .

PACIFIC NORTHWEST ARIZONA

PRICE & POOL DATA

Monthly Statistical Summary

Issued January 2016 The Market Administrator’s Report Page 7

Jun May Jun May Jun May Jun May

2014 2014 2013 2013 2014 2014 2013 2013

Receipts of Milk

Total Producer Milk 749,574,810 775,339,697 725,757,486 749,221,691 407,213,014 450,842,574 386,053,508 419,364,716

Receipts From Other Sources 8,023,805 6,412,239 10,263,399 11,237,084 10,003,059 2,431,730 1,871,786 2,782,758

Opening Inventory 35,735,781 41,008,046 36,608,173 35,341,511 23,487,512 19,667,339 23,109,700 21,292,729

Total To Be Accounted For 793,334,396 822,759,982 772,629,058 795,800,286 440,703,585 472,941,643 411,034,994 443,440,203

Utilization of Receipts

Whole milk 33,202,365 34,166,407 32,443,546 34,008,070 23,527,993 23,851,913 22,795,270 24,311,166

Flavored milk & drinks 7,888,061 12,486,936 8,080,320 13,418,361 2,564,811 5,001,747 2,474,255 5,150,759

2% milk 60,409,454 61,957,088 62,998,981 64,919,141 29,600,726 30,104,508 29,900,666 31,956,684

1% milk 20,846,343 23,883,005 22,990,367 26,210,117 12,473,249 13,730,859 13,096,556 15,286,464

Skim milk 18,215,963 19,447,355 21,268,084 22,696,058 7,814,672 8,519,287 8,994,134 10,278,822

Buttermilk 1,391,339 1,477,526 1,362,483 1,514,491 358,025 413,259 340,807 394,108

Class I dispostions in area 141,953,525 153,418,317 149,143,781 162,766,238 76,339,476 81,621,573 77,601,688 87,378,003

Class I dispositions out of area14,266,990 14,866,055 13,765,879 16,019,897 22,675,403 23,798,168 24,080,697 25,190,677

Other Class I usage 17,914,899 19,086,310 15,815,832 19,957,364 10,777,910 8,275,995 11,819,281 13,566,570

Utilization by Class

Total Class I Use 174,135,414 187,370,682 178,725,492 198,743,499 109,792,789 113,695,736 113,501,666 126,135,250

Total Class II Use 54,689,793 54,505,026 59,069,354 68,566,178 40,791,837 38,341,708 34,617,638 33,905,946

Total Class III Use 314,481,559 323,681,324 314,621,435 317,362,027 120,617,309 117,381,792 99,221,512 106,404,532

Total Class IV Use 250,027,630 257,202,950 220,212,777 211,128,582 169,501,650 203,522,407 163,694,178 176,994,475

Total Accounted For 793,334,396 822,759,982 772,629,058 795,800,286 440,703,585 472,941,643 411,034,994 443,440,203

Jun May Jun May Jun May Jun May

2014 2014 2013 2013 2014 2014 2013 2013

Producer milk

Class I 157,090,384 168,782,560 160,645,130 185,017,500 101,419,838 100,649,350 99,950,571 113,090,206

Class II 49,228,947 49,298,953 51,400,741 57,972,603 39,919,520 37,437,746 33,881,609 32,782,493

Class III 313,586,072 321,071,307 313,660,469 316,513,400 119,861,502 117,181,203 98,617,702 106,397,103

Class IV 229,669,407 236,186,877 200,051,146 189,718,188 146,012,154 195,574,275 153,603,626 167,094,914

Other receipts

Class I 17,045,030 18,588,122 18,080,362 13,725,999 8,372,951 13,046,386 13,551,095 13,045,044

Class II 5,460,846 5,206,073 7,668,613 10,593,575 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/

Class III 895,487 2,610,017 960,966 848,627 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/

Class IV 20,358,223 21,016,073 20,161,631 21,410,394 25,117,620 9,052,683 11,430,391 11,030,443

Avg. daily producer receipts 24,985,827 25,010,958 24,191,916 24,168,442 13,573,767 14,543,309 12,868,450 13,527,894

Change From Previous Year 3.28% 3.49% 60.62% 1.64% 5.48% 7.51% -1.43% -1.13%

Avg. daily Class I use 5,804,514 6,044,216 5,957,516 6,411,081 3,659,760 3,667,604 3,783,389 4,068,879

Change From Previous Year -2.57% -5.72% -6.96% -1.56% -3.27% -9.86% -3.83% 0.04%

1/ Restricted - Included with Class IV.

CLASSIFICATION OF

RECEIPTS

PACIFIC NORTHWEST ARIZONA

RECEIPTS & UTILIZATION

PACIFIC NORTHWEST ARIZONA

Dec Nov Dec Nov Dec Nov Dec Nov

2015 2015 2014 2014 2015 2015 2014 2014

Receipts of Milk

Total Producer Milk 738,588,980 711,675,838 725,179,341 435,216,457 424,661,803 381,308,327 408,795,575 372,320,870

Receipts From Other Sources 7,400,266 7,925,266 6,846,020 9,441,877 2,841,713 6,588,815 12,851,445 8,749,245

Opening Inventory 39,672,690 43,634,578 37,561,186 28,989,243 17,690,438 23,984,419 22,904,039 22,268,260

Total To Be Accounted For 785,661,936 763,235,682 769,586,547 473,647,577 445,193,954 411,881,561 444,551,059 403,338,375

Utilization of Receipts

Whole milk 38,588,294 36,925,861 34,794,694 33,654,712 27,134,610 25,259,007 25,769,418 23,250,669

Flavored milk & drinks 15,441,734 17,057,024 15,563,167 16,318,094 6,979,287 7,069,219 6,283,610 6,444,480

2% milk 59,223,753 57,010,725 60,701,881 59,546,805 31,742,202 30,021,939 32,738,125 29,881,579

1% milk 24,912,079 24,763,770 25,398,374 24,917,576 13,446,418 13,434,367 14,304,173 13,873,032

Skim milk 16,102,497 16,093,231 18,466,290 18,396,000 7,738,514 7,662,884 8,724,889 8,376,422

Buttermilk 1,510,201 1,586,817 1,434,048 1,475,333 430,777 444,383 460,868 474,657

Class I dispostions in area 155,778,558 153,437,428 156,358,454 154,308,520 87,471,808 83,891,799 88,281,083 82,300,839

Class I dispositions out of area 13,853,774 12,742,540 16,277,300 14,949,871 25,178,529 25,473,101 24,137,040 23,219,371

Other Class I usage 21,912,996 22,142,948 19,272,326 16,863,615 13,800,209 10,951,569 9,682,606 11,981,101

Utilization by Class

Total Class I Use 191,545,328 188,322,916 191,908,080 186,122,006 126,450,546 120,316,469 122,100,729 117,501,311

Total Class II Use 47,580,717 52,747,945 45,584,694 46,990,239 45,453,590 38,754,118 43,250,992 44,454,941

Total Class III Use 316,649,028 299,214,517 297,386,178 34,076,341 119,413,829 112,370,997 102,184,136 95,159,320

Total Class IV Use 229,886,863 222,950,304 234,707,595 206,458,991 153,875,989 140,439,977 177,015,202 146,222,803

Total Accounted For 785,661,936 763,235,682 769,586,547 473,647,577 445,193,954 411,881,561 444,551,059 403,338,375

Dec Nov Dec Nov Dec Nov Dec Nov

2015 2015 2014 2014 2015 2015 2014 2014

Producer milk

Class I 173,269,623 166,826,372 176,242,310 165,355,648 115,646,149 108,431,878 109,926,615 103,822,300

Class II 43,017,509 48,752,601 41,166,017 44,085,035 44,752,401 38,112,872 42,675,287 43,836,475

Class III 314,823,537 297,903,861 297,299,923 34,076,341 117,935,810 111,459,372 102,160,533 95,081,460

Class IV 207,478,311 198,193,004 210,471,091 191,699,433 146,327,443 123,304,205 154,033,140 129,580,635

Other receipts

Class I 18,275,705 21,496,544 15,665,770 20,766,358 10,804,397 11,884,591 12,174,114 13,679,011

Class II 4,563,208 3,995,344 4,418,677 2,905,204 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/

Class III 1,825,491 1,310,656 1/ 0 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/

Class IV 22,408,552 24,757,300 24,322,759 14,759,558 9,727,754 18,688,643 23,581,370 17,338,494

Avg. daily producer receipts 23,825,451 23,722,528 23,392,882 14,507,215 13,698,768 12,710,278 13,186,954 12,410,696

Change From Previous Year 1.85% 63.52% 3.89% -35.18% 3.88% 2.41% 3.68% 2.04%

Avg. daily Class I use 6,178,882 6,277,431 6,190,583 6,204,067 4,079,050 4,010,549 3,938,733 3,916,710

Change From Previous Year -0.19% 1.18% -2.56% -5.22% 3.56% 2.40% -7.15% -9.44%

1/ Restricted - Included with Class IV.

CLASSIFICATION OF

RECEIPTS

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RECEIPTS & UTILIZATION

PACIFIC NORTHWEST ARIZONA

Contact Information

Bothell Office 1930 220th Street SE, Suite 102

Bothell, Washington 98021

Phone: (425) 487-6009

Fax: (425) 487-2775

E-mail:

fmmaseattle@fmmaseattle.com

Phoenix Office 4835 E Cactus Road, Suite 365

Scottsdale, Arizona 85254

Phone: (602) 547-2909

Fax: (602) 547-2906

E-mail: ma@fmma.net

Visit the MA website

www.fmmaseattle.com

Federal Order Name

(Number)

Producer

Deliveries

Class I

Receipts

Class I

Price

Uniform

Price

Class I Utilization

- million pounds - - per cwt (at location) -

Northeast (FO 1) 2,192.2 778.9 35.53% $19.96 $17.27

Appalachian (FO 5) 503.3 338.7 67.30% $20.11 $18.68

Florida (FO 6) 238.1 202.9 85.24% $22.11 $20.99

Southeast (FO 7) 456.8 340.0 74.44% $20.51 $19.34

Upper Midwest (FO 30) 3,079.0 308.2 10.01% $18.51 $14.86

Central (FO 32) 1,329.1 422.1 31.76% $18.71 $15.75

Mideast (FO 33) 1,575.0 547.5 34.76% $18.71 $16.13

Pacific Northwest (FO 124) 738.6 173.3 23.46% $18.61 $15.68

Southwest (FO 126) 1,191.9 373.2 31.31% $19.71 $16.51

Arizona (FO 131) 424.7 115.6 27.23% $19.06 $16.24

For links to Market Administrator’s webpages, see www.fmmaseattle.com/dairyreferences.htm.

FEDERAL ORDER STATISTICS FOR DECEMBER

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or part of an individual’s income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all pro-grams.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination, write to USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.