§ 180. Additional authority
The secretary shall have authority as follows:
(1) To collect and diffuse timely information relative to the seasonal supply, demand and prevailing price of farm products, both wholesale and retail, the movement of farm products through commercial channels and the quantity and conditions of farm products in dry and cold storage;
(2) To assist and advise in the organization and maintenance of producers' and consumers' cooperative selling and buying associations; and
(3) To cooperate with various state and federal agencies having to do with farm products. (Amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, May 27, 2003.)