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Wisconsin joins USDA and California in not collecting the dairy checkoff on milk dumped due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On Thursday the World Dairy Expo Executive Committee reached this difficult decision based on the public health orders and restrictions related to COVID-19, in place and issued by Public Health Madison & Dane County.

Program sign-ups will begin May 26. USDA plans to begin issuing payments the first week of June.

Current projections indicate that a DMC payment is likely to trigger every month for the remainder of 2020.

Scientists plan to use an industry wide dairy survey to identify critical areas in the industry and help minimize further health issues, labor disruptions, milk supply shortages and economic risks due to the coronavirus.

Here is how to get your share of the $3 billion in direct aid to dairy farmers.

USDA last week noted 7,700 dairy producers have applied for and have received $337 million in Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) payments.

At next year’s event, scheduled for Sept. 30, honorees for both 2020 and 2021 will be recognized.

There is still room for improvement to reduce incidence of scours and respiratory disease.

The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) submitted to USDA a joint plan to confront the COVID-19 dairy crisis.