USDA Extends Application Deadline for Dairy Margin Protection Program to June 22

USDA Extends Application Deadline
for Dairy Margin Protection Program to June 22
06/12/18 07:30pm

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Press Release from U.S. Department of Agriculture:

USDA Extends Application Deadline for Dairy Margin Protection Program

to June 22

Re-enrollment Continues Through June 22, Dairy producers urged to act now

WASHINGTON, June 12, 2018 – U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today

announced the re-enrollment deadline for the Margin Protection Program (MPP)

for Dairy will be extended until June 22, 2018. The new and improved program

protects participating dairy producers when the margin – the difference between

the price of milk and feed costs – falls below levels of protection selected by the

applicant. USDA has already issued more than $89 million for margins triggered

in February, March, and April, and USDA offices are continuing to process

remaining payments daily.

“Last week we re-opened enrollment to offer producers preoccupied with field

work an additional opportunity to come into their local office to sign-up. We did

get more than 500 new operations enrolled but want to continue to provide an

opportunity for folks to participate before the next margin is announced,” said

Secretary Perdue. “More than 21,000 American dairies have gone into our 2,200

FSA offices to sign-up for 2018 MPP coverage but I am certain we can do better

with this extra week and a half.”

The re-enrollment deadline was previously extended through June 8, 2018. The

deadline is being extended a second time to ensure that dairy producers are

given every opportunity to make a calculated decision and enroll in the program if

they choose. This will be the last opportunity for producers to take advantage of

key adjustments Congress made to provisions of the MPP program under the

Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 to strengthen its support of dairy producers. USDA

encourages producers contemplating enrollment to use the online web resource

to calculate the best levels of coverage for their

dairy operation.

The next margin under MPP, for May 2018, will be published on June 28, 2018.

Therefore, all coverage elections on form CCC-782 and the $100 administrative

fee, unless exempt, must be submitted to the County FSA Office no later than

June 22, 2018. No registers will be utilized, so producers are encouraged to

have their enrollment for 2018 completed by COB June 22, 2018.

All dairy operations must make new coverage elections for 2018 during the re-

enrollment period, even if the operation was enrolled during the previous 2018

signup. Coverage elections made for 2018 will be retroactive to January 1, 2018.

MPP payments will be sequestered at a rate of 6.6 percent.

To learn more about the Margin Protection Program for dairy, contact your local

USDA Farm Service Agency county office at

or visit us on the

Web at