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U.S. dairy farmers have shown the capacity to turn on milk production quickly, but the pace of growth in recent months is the slowest dating back to lengthy stretches in 2011-12 and 2014.
It will likely be months before the farmers receive payments under a second Market Facilitation Program (MFP). For crop farmers, one of the issues the USDA must work through is the relationship between “prevent plant” crop insurance policies and how they impact MFP payments. Specifics related to the level of payments dairy farmers will receive has also not been announced. (Read: USDA announces new farmer aid package to offset impact of tariffs, dairy details yet to come.)
Late changes in Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program calculations make the program even more attractive for dairy farmers. DMC sign-up begins June 17 at local USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices.
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- Risk management: Two important dates
- Dairy turns attention to USMCA
- U.S. organic sales topped $50 billion in 2018
- Another try: Proposal opens H-2A visas to dairy
- Hart Dairy gains funding
- Wisconsin Dairy Task Force 2.0 wrapping up work
- University of Minnesota Dairy Education Center renamed
- Missouri law addresses CAFOs
The dairy news was mixed to mostly better in the USDA’s monthly World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, released June 11.
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