Policy
Michigan dairy farmer, Ashley Kennedy, grabbed the opportunity to have a front-seat voice to testify at the Senate Agriculture Committee’s first hearing committed to the upcoming Farm Bill.
Dairy producers now have more time to enroll for the dairy margin coverage (DMC) program this year.
With the signup period for 2022 coverage under USDA’s Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program now underway, producers are eager to see how this spells out in terms of dollars and cents.
USDA announced today that open enrollment for the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program will begin Monday, Dec. 13 through Feb. 18. This year’s DMC signup includes enhancements that add more value to producers.
USDA announced details of the Pandemic Market Volatility Assistance Program Thursday, which will provide $350 million in assistance payments to eligible dairy farmers who received lower prices during the pandemic.
Pandemic Market Volatility Assistance Program will reimburse qualified dairy farmers for 80% of the revenue difference per month based on up to 5 million pounds of milk marketed from July through December 2020.
Initiative Petition 13 (IP13), a draft ballot titled the Abuse, Neglect and Assault Exemption Modification and Improvement, was filed in November by David Michelson, a Portland animal rights activist.
The U.S. is challenging Canada’s allocation of dairy tariff-rate quotas (TRQs), specifically the set-aside of a percentage of each dairy TRQ exclusively for Canadian processors.
In an effort to stop the unfair practice of mislabeling non-dairy products as actual foods made from milk, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID) are reintroducing the ‘DAIRY PRIDE’ Act.
Solution Is Higher Producing, Longer-Living Cows, According to New Journal of Dairy Science Study
Profits jump $1.20 to $1.75/cwt.
Large dairy operations tend to have lower green house gas footprints because of more efficient feed conversion.
House Democrats have introduced a sweeping immigration overhaul package called the U.S. Citizenship Act. The centerpiece is an 8-year path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants living in the U.S.
House Democrats have introduced a sweeping immigration overhaul package called the U.S. Citizenship Act. The centerpiece is an 8-year path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants living in the U.S.
The ag provisions of the bill include $13 billion allocated to ag programs.
Following a public announcement that President-elect Joe Biden tapped former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to return to USDA, dairy industry leaders expressed their confidence in his ability to do the job well.
The board of California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) voted unanimously to implement a group of workplace protocols to protect employees from COVID-19.
This week the dairy checkoff-found Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy announced a memorandum of understanding with the EPA to open doors for increased collaboration in environmental sustainability efforts.
Enrollment for the 2020 Dairy Margin Coverage program ends December 13.
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U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Steve Censky urged dairy farmers to register for the improved program at the Ag Outlook Forum on Sept. 23 in Kansas City, Mo.
Dairy farmers have another option for risk-management with a new insurance product being offered by American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF).
‘Proprietary handlers establishing new forward contracts on or after October 1, 2018 will not be exempt from paying minimum Federal order prices.’ --USDA
A new federal program to help hard-pressed dairy farmers is expected to be ready for enrollment in June 2019, as farmers undergo their fifth year of low milk prices that have driven thousands out of business.
While issuing another $100 million in back-payments for the Margin Protection Program, the USDA extended the MPP enrollment deadline to ensure dairy farmers have every opportunity to join if they want to.