$1.50 increase to DMC max coverage will make a difference

$1.50 increase to DMC max coverage will make a difference

An ag economist says if policy
changes in the 2018 Farm Bill were made in 2000, the dairy landscape would look
a lot different.

“Over the 2000 to 2018 period, we would have made MPP payments 70 percent of the time at $9.50 which is the new highest coverage level.”

Scott Brown with the
University of Missouri says increasing the maximum coverage level for farmers
in the new Dairy Coverage Program by $1.50 matters.

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