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The Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 (P.L. 98–180, Title I) authorized the Dairy Promotion Program. The national dairy checkoff started in 1983 as an optional program for dairy farmers to contribute to increase demand for dairy products. As of 2011, the program was no longer optional; dairy producers must contribute to the program.
The US Department of Health and Human Services and the US Department of Agriculture announced on Friday a new plan to pay dairy farmers and farm workers to take steps to prevent the spread of H5N1 ...
The farm bill also established a Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) program that makes direct payments to participating dairy farmers whenever the minimum monthly market price for farm milk used for fluid consumption in Boston falls below $16.94 per hundredweight (cwt.). The MILC program has been reauthorized until September 30, 2012.
The agricultural policy of the United States is composed primarily of the periodically renewed federal U.S. farm bills.The Farm Bills have a rich history which initially sought to provide income and price support to US farmers and prevent them from adverse global as well as local supply and demand shocks.
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The USDA will offer $98 million to affected farms over the next four months, which could equate to as much as $28,000 per farm, Vilsack said. Jetelina called the program “a fantastic step” but ...
The 2014 Farm Bill made TAP a permanent disaster program and provided retroactive authority to cover eligible losses back to Oct. 1, 2011. [11] The bill places income caps on farm subsidies, has a price support program for dairy farmers and ends direct payment subsidies, which paid farmers whether or not they actually grew any crops. [9]
Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Payments is the name given by USDA to the dairy farmer counter-cyclical payments program, authorized by the 2002 farm bill (P.L. 107-171, Sec. 1502, 7 U.S.C. 7982). Under the program, dairy farmers nationwide are eligible for a federal payment whenever the minimum monthly market price for farm milk used for ...