§ 58999 Producer Approval Through Cooperatives

• •If a group of farmers (like a co-op) agrees to a big change in how they sell their stuff, it counts as all the farmers in that group agreeing too.
• •The boss (director) has to listen to what the co-op says when deciding if farmers like the new rules.
• •This only works if the co-op is allowed by its members to speak for them.

A bunch of dairy farmers join a co-op to sell their milk together. The co-op votes to change how milk is sold in the state.

If the co-op says 'yes' to the new rules, the director counts that as all the dairy farmers in the co-op saying 'yes' too, even if not every single farmer voted.