•   50,000   or below  + 55¢/cwt.
•   51,000 -   75,000   + 50¢/cwt.
•   76,000 - 100,000   + 45¢ /cwt.
•   101,000 - 125,000 + 40¢ /cwt.
•   126,000 - 150,000 + 35¢ /cwt.
•   151,000 - 175,000 + 30¢ /cwt.
•   176,000 - 200,000 + 25¢ /cwt.
•   201,000 - 225,000 + 20¢ /cwt.
•   226,000 - 275,000 + 10¢ /cwt.
•   501,000 - 600,000 - 10¢ /cwt.
•   601,000 - 750,000 - 50¢ /cwt.
•   Over 750,000         - $1.50 /cwt.

A premium payment of 5¢ / cwt. will be added for each of the following, if the count is equal to, or below:

• 10,000 Raw Bacteria Count
• 20,000 Pre-Incubated (PI) Count

There will be a deduction of 10¢/cwt. for the following criteria:

• Greater than 100,000 Raw Bacteria Count

A high raw count deduction will be waived if the producer has received the quality premium the previous three months for raw bacteria count.

To qualify for a quality premium there must not be any of the following during the month:

• Positive drug residue
• Abnormal freeze points
• High load count shipment or rejected load shipment
• #3 or #4 sediment*
• Deduction levels for Raw Bacteria*

The count levels for raw and PI will be determined on one test run per month.

* Note: These do not affect the somatic cell count premium.

To qualify for MMPA volume premiums there must be:

• No high load count shipment or rejected load shipment during the month
• No positive drug residue shipments during the month
• No abnormal freeze points during the month. An average somatic cell count of 750,000 or less.