Each handler shall make payment to the producer-settlement fund in a manner that provides receipt of the funds by the market administrator no later than the 16th day after the end of the month (except as provided in §1000.90). Payment shall be the amount, if any, by which the amount specified in paragraph (a) of this section exceeds the amount specified in paragraph (b) of this section:

(a) The total value of milk to the handler for the month as determined pursuant to §1126.60.

(b) The sum of:

(1) An amount obtained by multiplying the total hundredweight of producer milk as determined pursuant to §1000.44(c) by the producer price differential as adjusted pursuant to §1126.75;

(2) An amount obtained by multiplying the total pounds of protein, other solids, and butterfat contained in producer milk by the protein, other solids, and butterfat prices respectively;

(3) The total value of the somatic cell adjustment to producer milk; and

(4) An amount obtained by multiplying the pounds of skim milk and butterfat for which a value was computed pursuant to §1126.60(i) by the producer price differential as adjusted pursuant to §1126.75 for the location of the plant from which received.

[64 FR 48004, Sept. 1, 1999, as amended at 65 FR 82841, Dec. 28, 2000; 68 FR 7069, Feb. 12, 2003]