The National Dairy Farmers Assuring Responsible Management Program last week announced the launch of FARM Biosecurity – Enhanced. The project is a new aspect of the FARM Biosecurity Program that includes training and an online database. FARM Biosecurity – Enhanced, includes an online database to develop and securely store dairy producers’ enhanced biosecurity plans and an online training that helps …
Milk Loss Assistance Signup Ends October 16
Sign-up for a new USDA dairy program to assist producers who suffered economic loss due to a weather event will end on October 16th. Rod Bain has more details. Farm Service Agency (FSA) Acting Deputy Administrator John Berge has more information concerning how this new USDA dairy program pays producers. For more information contact FSA at your local USDA Service …
Dairy Margin Coverage Program Provides Critical Support for Dairy Operations
USDA announced that the August milk margin did trigger the eighth consecutive payment for dairy producers who obtained Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) for 2023. That month, the income over feed margin was $6.46 per hundredweight with projected DMC payments totaling $120 million. So to date, dairy producers have received more than $1.2 billion in much needed economic support for 2023 and margin …
World Dairy Expo is Underway
The 2023 World Dairy Expo (WDE) is underway this week in Madison, Wisconsin. It brings in thousands of dairy producers from around the nation and around the world. Events began Sunday and will run through Friday. One of those events is a Dairy Symposium featuring the Dairy Business Innovation (DBI) Initiatives from across the country. It will be held Tuesday, and will feature …
USDA Payments to Help Organic Dairy Producers
The USDA has announced a second round of payments for dairy producers through the Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program (ODMAP). The agency is providing an additional $5 million to help dairy producers mitigate market volatility, higher input and transportation costs, and unstable feed supply and prices that have created unique hardships in the organic dairy industry. The Farm Service Agency …
Efforts Being Made to Address Rural Veterinary Shortages
Lawmakers have reintroduced the Rural Veterinary Workforce Act, formerly known as the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Enhancement Act. Introduced in both the House and Senate, the legislation would expand its reach. The Program helps increase access to food animal veterinary services in rural areas by assisting with the significant obstacle of educational debt. The legislation would end the federal …
Commissioner Wilton Simpson Announces Cost-Share Assistance for Agricultural Producers Impacted by Hurricane Idalia
~ Maximum grant for eligible producers raised from $50,000 to $150,000 ~ (FDACS/TALLAHASSEE, FL/Sept. 21,2023) — Today, Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson announced a cost-share assistance program to support agricultural producers severely impacted by Hurricane Idalia. The cost-share assistance program will be administered though the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ (FDACS) Office of Agricultural Water Policy and will support …
AFBF: Dairy Make Allowances Reform a Must
American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) economist Danny Munch presented testimony this week at the ongoing Federal Milk Marketing Order Pricing Formula hearing. This is the third time an AFBF representative has testified at the hearing. The testimony focuses on adjusting make allowances, or the estimated costs that dairy processors incur to convert milk to consumable dairy products, like cheese and butter. …
Pasture and Rangeland Poor Conditions Continue to Expand
Continued dryness over much of the country is behind the growing very poor to poor pasture and rangeland condition ratings for the nation as a whole. Rod Bain has the story. USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey has more information about pasture and rangeland in the very-poor to poor condition category by state. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2024Nuseed Carinata Covers …
Milk Loss Assistance Available for Dairy Operations Hurt by Disasters
The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced Milk Loss Program (MLP) assistance for eligible dairy operations for milk that was dumped or removed, without compensation, from the commercial milk market due to qualifying weather events and the consequences of those weather events that inhibited delivery or storage of milk (e.g., power outages, impassable roads, infrastructure losses, etc.) during calendar years 2020, …