The Dairy Margin Coverage program and other Risk Management Agency tools were dramatically improved in the 2018 Farm Bill. It’s important that dairy producers continue to have access to the combination of safety net and risk management tools.
FarmFirst supports updating the production history calculation to better reflect current on-farm production levels. They also support updating the current production threshold between Tier I and Tier II premiums to reflect growth in the average dairy farm size.
Jeff Lyon, FarmFirst Dairy Cooperative General Manager, provided these insights at the Farm Bill Listening Session.
Lyon also expressed appreciation for work that has been done on the Whole Milk for Health Kids Act, DAIRY PRIDE Act, and the upcoming hearing on full-scale modernization of the Federal Milk Marketing Order system.
FarmFirst Dairy Cooperative appreciates Chairman Thompson, Representative Van Orden, and Senator Johnson for hosting this listening session and considering their input on the 2023 Farm Bill.
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