#dairy margin protection program

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Improvements to Margin Protection Program Advance

Improvements to Margin Protection Program Advance

The Senate Appropriations Committee recently approved its fiscal year agricultural appropriations bill, adjusting the Margin Protection Program to make it more affordable for smaller dairy operations.  If the changes to the program are accepted by congress, it would also increase the likelihood of margin payments being issued. The adjusted plan would provide participants with coverage when the…

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Don’t Let the Tail Wag the Dog

Don’t Let the Tail Wag the Dog

by Jim Mulhern, President, CEO National Milk Producers Federation If experience is the best teacher, Congress should have learned an important lesson from the experience with the dairy Margin Protection Program during the past two years: letting policy be dictated by an inaccurate Congressional Budget Office computer model that attempts to predict costs of a proposed program 10 years into the…

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Survey Shows Little Assistance from Farm Bill Dairy Program

Survey Shows Little Assistance from Farm Bill Dairy Program

A survey of dairy farmers in Wisconsin shows the 2014 Farm Bill’s Dairy Margin Protection Program has offered little relief to dairy operations. The results of the survey were released Monday by the Wisconsin Farmers Union and included responses from more than 1,000 dairy farmers in the nation’s second highest dairy producing state. A total of 765 respondents said they signed up for the program.…

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Montana FSA: USDA Extends Dairy Margin Protection Program Deadline

Montana FSA: USDA Extends Dairy Margin Protection Program Deadline

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the deadline to enroll for the dairy Margin Protection Program for coverage in 2016 has been extended until Nov. 20, 2015. The voluntary program, established by the 2014 Farm Bill, provides financial assistance to participating farmers when the margin – the difference between the price of milk and feed costs – falls…

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