{"data":{"id":"us-mt/80-11-103","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"80-11-103","heading":"Department's marketing duties.","body":"The department shall:\n(1) keep abreast of research results in the subject matter area of marketing;\n(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;\n(3) develop and carry out appropriate action programs that will result in significant improvements being made by those people concerned with problems of marketing;\n(4) coordinate efforts with representatives of other agencies or organizations or persons who are concerned with related programs;\n(5) investigate the costs of marketing;\n(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;\n(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;\n(8) investigate the practice and methods concerning the marketing of agricultural products;\n(9) act as mediator or arbitrator, when invited, in a controversy or issue that may arise between producers and distributors;\n(10) assist producers and distributors in the economical and efficient distribution of agricultural products at fair prices;\n(11) appear and be heard at any hearing involving agricultural marketing affecting Montana; and\n(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.","path":["TITLE 80. AGRICULTURE","CHAPTER 11. MARKETING","Part 1. Agricultural Marketing and Transportation"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0800/chapter_0110/part_0010/section_0030/0800-0110-0010-0030.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:00:44Z","sha256":"7fba01dd96c7d74e9240b6ea51772f58f857136e9e14a31604afe8f5bfe88353","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/80-11-102","next":"us-mt/80-11-104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}