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Lawmakers continue to struggle with what to do about commodity programs in a new farm bill, including how to pay for increases in reference prices. One idea is to require farmers to update their base acreage to reflect current plantings.

The Dairy Margin Coverage Program (DMC) is a risk management option utilized by many dairy farmers. It was first created by the 2018 Farm Bill as an updated — and many would say improved — version,Milk Check Outlook

As if worrying about lack of rain wasnt enough to set farmers on edge, news of falling milk prices adds to their stress.

Even though it is good news that commodity prices are moving downward, the steady decline in milk prices is still worrisome. This all indicates that margins are not promising in the near future and that close attention to financial management is as critic

Introduction Agricultural producers, similar to other businesses, face significant risk. The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Economic Research Service identifies five different types of farming risk: human and personal risk (such as human health), institutional risk (regarding governmental action), financial risk (such as access to capital), price or market risk, and production risk (such as weather and pests). Of these, policymakers usually focus on the last two types.

Anderson said the conference committee should address new fees and regulations included in the preliminary bill that would make Minnesota’s farmers less competitive and less profitable.

New work requirements for federal food assistance for low-income Americans keep coming up in closed door conversations among Republicans as they weigh the way forward on the brewing debt limit fight.

Policy Report: The complexities of dairy policy mirror a complex dairy industry.

Jay Krueger, a farmer in Linville, was skeptical when the new program was rolled out.

Dairy Margin At its base, milk pricing in the U.S. is complicated (How Milk Is Priced in Federal Milk Marketing Orders: A Primer). And the variations in milk checks from farm-to-farm (even neighbors), month-to-month, and cooperative-to-cooperative, and from cooperative to proprietary handler take the pricing complexities to another level. Prices paid to dairy farmers depend upon where the farm is located, where the milk was delivered and pooled, the fat and protein content in the mil...