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No association complying with the terms hereof shall be deemed to be a\nconspiracy, or a combination in restraint of trade, or an illegal monopoly; or\nbe deemed to have been formed for the purpose of lessening competition or fixing\nprices arbitrarily, nor shall the contracts between the association and its\nmembers, or any agreements authorized in this Act, be construed as an unlawful\nrestraint of trade, or as a part of a conspiracy or combination to accomplish an\nimproper or illegal purpose or act.\n\n(b. An association may acquire, exchange, interpret and disseminate to its\nmembers, to other cooperative associations, and otherwise, past, present and\nprospective crop, market, statistical, economic and other similar information\nrelating to the business of the association, either directly or through an agent\ncreated or selected by it or by other associations acting in conjunction with\nit.\n\n(c. An association may advise its members in respect to the adjustment of their\ncurrent and prospective production of agricultural commodities and its relation\nto the prospective volume of consumption, selling prices and existing or\npotential surplus, to the end that every market may be served from the most\nconvenient productive areas under a program of orderly marketing that will\nassure adequate supplies without undue enhancement of prices or the accumulation\nof any undue surplus.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 13-284; 1956, c. 428."}