Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-213: Encouragement of cooperative marketing.

The Commissioner of Agriculture shall accord such recognition and encouragement to cooperative marketing associations as will be in harmony with the policy toward such associations set forth in existing acts of this state and as will tend to promote efficient methods of marketing and distribution. The commissioner shall seek to achieve the purposes of this part as far as possible by promoting and encouraging cooperation among producers, dealers and consumers, for whose benefit the commissioner shall prepare and disseminate information and statistics concerning the dairy industry and operation of any provision of this part or of any orders and regulations issued by him hereunder.