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As the dairy crisis slogs into its fifth year , there is renewed interest, once again, in some form of supply management.

Sen. Kristen Gillibrand is imploring fellow New Yorker and President Donald Trump to only support Farm Bill legislation that aids dairy farmers by refunding Dairy Margin Protection Program payments.

Dairy farmers have a stronger safety net against low milk prices and high feed costs under the new federal farm bill, and more federal dollars will be spent to spur international trade of American agricultural products.

The milk-feed margin has been below $9 for about half of the months between 2014 and 2018.

Farmers have until June 1 to make new MPP coverage elections. MPP coverage will be retroactive to January 2018.

Milk prices insurance through Dairy Revenue Protection from the American Farm Bureau Federation is available as of Oct. 9

The upgrades offered by the new Dairy Margin Coverage program finally offer a level playing field for dairy producers.

To date, nearly 10,000 operations have signed up for the new program, and FSA has begun paying approximately $100 million to producers for January through May.

The “Dairy Farm Sustainability Act” would create a price floor for milk and would trigger payments when prices drop.

The government shutdown created some confusion about this program and its implementation.

A new milk price safety net for dairy producers is in place. To take part farmers must rush to their local USDA farm service center.

'Proprietary handlers establishing new forward contracts on or after October 1, 2018 will not be exempt from paying minimum Federal order prices.' --USDA 

The bill has provisions that will lift an underwriting limit on revenue insurance products for livestock and reduce the cost of the Margin Protection Program for dairy producers.

Round one of the farm bill battles could be settled as soon as this month if the Senate agrees on a fix for cotton and dairy in the $81 billion disaster aid bill already passed by the House.

The bill includes changes to the Margin Protection Program and eliminates the $20 million cap on the livestock gross margin program.

A $1.5 million in competitive grant funding program has been made available by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that seeks to help the dairy industry.

The House of Representatives has passed its version of the farm bill and it contains several changes that will benefit dairy farmers.