The USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced this afternoon that starting next Wednesday, February 28th, dairy producers will be able to enroll for the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program for 2024. The DMC Program is a safety net program for dairy farmers, which is a risk-management tool that addresses changes in the margin between milk […]
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FarmFirst Dairy Cooperative applauds the introduction of the Dairy Farm Resiliency Act today to make changes to the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program. This bipartisan supported bill would require USDA to update the production history calculation in the program every five years, and to be based on the producer’s highest production year out of the
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FarmFirst Dairy Cooperative applauds Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Tina Smith (D-MN) for a letter they sent yesterday to the Senate Committee on Agriculture urging consideration for updates to the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) Program in the 2023 Farm Bill. The DMC Program is a safety net program for dairy farmers, which
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