What could have been for MPP-Dairy by Scott Brown, University of Missouri The author is a research assistant extension professor in the department of agricultural and applied economics at the University...
Past and present dairy safety nets By Mark Stephenson The author is the director of the Center for Dairy Profitability, University of Wisconsin-Madison. The dairy industry has had several price cycles...
Congressman highlights fixes for MPP-Dairy With sign-ups lagging and dairy margins eroding, Congressman Collin Peterson shared potential improvements to the farm bill's Margin Protection Program for Dairy....
John Newton, Chief Economist, National Milk Producers Federation http://hoards.wehaaserver.com/images/1_rss.5735.png' style='border: none' /> USDA's Farm Service Agency recently released the Results of...
As farmers across the U.S. finalize 2016 Margin Protection Program (MPP) coverage level decisions, "refreshed" MPP participation data obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request provides a never-before-seen...
We're now about 10 months into the Margin Protection Program (MPP). More than 55 percent of farmers are enrolled in the MPP in 2015, representing more than three quarters of the U.S. milk supply," noted...
"I understand that things (milk prices) aren't as robust as they have been. We are going through one of those cycles, and I know that there are concerns about the dairy Margin Protection Program," said...
Update: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to extend the sign-up deadline for the dairy Margin Protection Program (MPP) until Friday, November 20th. A September 30 deadline looms for those dairy producers...
Dairies across the country are watching their margins shrink. There are a few producers across the country, though, who will receive a consolation prize for the recent drop in milk prices in the form of...
There were some surprises in who signed up for the Dairy Margin Protection Program (MPP-Dairy), according to figures announced recently by USDA. The biggest surprise is who didn't sign up: almost half...
While a few sign-ups could still be trickling in from FSA offices, 59.4 percent of the nation's milk supply will be covered by the new Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy) in 2015
USDA announced this morning that over 23,000 dairy producers signed up for the farm bill's new Margin Protection Program for Dairy or MPP-Dairy. That represents a brisk sign-up given that the nation's...
This reader response references the following Hoard's Dairyman Intel item, "Dairy insurance has outpaced crop insurance." Sign-up in Wisconsin is slower, as it probably should be. Also, consider why LGM-D...
Reader Response: Some say "no" to MPP-Dairy This letter is in response to the "Be the ant, not the grasshopper" article in last week's Hoard's Dairyman Intel email: Could it be today's grasshopper can...
November 28. December 5. Now December 19. With a third deadline for sign-ups for the Margin Protection Program for Dairy, (MPP-Dairy), one might guess that dairy producer acceptance of the program has...
If you haven't signed up for the new dairy Margin Protection Program (MPP-Dairy) yet, there's still time. The application deadline has been extended to Friday, December 19, 2014. This is the second extension...
Our industry has spent a great deal of time and energy on the farm bill's Margin Production Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy). However, should an economic downturn hit our industry, of equal importance will...
Quality data is paramount to making sound business decisions. When it comes to dairy farming, sound data will be even more important as we make decisions on participation in the Margin Protection Program...