The USDA has extended the deadline for producers to enroll
in the Dairy Margin Coverage Program and the Market Facilitation Program to
December 20th.
At a stop in Illinois last week, USDA Undersecretary Bill Northey told Brownfield delayed harvest has put more pressure on farmers to finish up 2019.
“Not only the financial aspect of it as they do their year-end
taxes and everything else, but we have some crop in the field yet too.