Assistance program
Dairy Margin Coverage
$2.8 Billion committed in FY2019–FY2026
- Agency
- Farm Service Agency, Agriculture, Department of
- Assistance
- Not Applicable
- CFDA number
- 10.127
- What it does
- DMC offers a dairy margin protection plan which provides payments to dairy operations when the difference between the all-milk price and the average feed cost fall below a certain, producer selected, dollar amount. Producers will be eligible for a basic level of margin protection for a small administrative fee and be able to purchase higher coverage with a premium fee. The Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) will use administrative fees collected to cover administrative costs incurred to carry out the DMC program.
- Who benefits
- The ultimate benefit of the DMC-Dairy program will help protect farm equity and reduce financial losses that occur during times of low margins.
- Who applies
- Not Applicable
- Authorized by
- Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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