Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
This bill amends the Agricultural Act of 2014’s Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program. It specifies production history calculation referencing any one of the 2011, 2012, or 2013 calendar years in the most recent three-year history and requires that history be recalculated once every five years.
Progressives worry about larger/corporate dairies receiving benefits
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly focused statutory amendment that is precise in its textual changes but light on contextual, fiscal, and implementation detail.
This bill amends the Agricultural Act of 2014’s Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program.
It specifies production history calculation referencing any one of the 2011, 2012, or 2013 calendar years in the most recent three-year history and requires that history be recalculated once every five years.
It also raises the Tier I and Tier II production thresholds from 5,000,000 to 6,000,000 in the cited DMC provisions.
Substantively modest and administratively straightforward, so plausible if packaged with broader farm legislation; standalone prospects limited.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly focused statutory amendment that is precise in its textual changes but light on contextual, fiscal, and implementation detail.
Progressives worry about larger/corporate dairies receiving benefits
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Progressives worry about larger/corporate dairies receiving benefits
Likely cautiously supportive of measures that stabilize dairy farm income and protect rural jobs, but concerned about expanding benefits to larger operations.
Wants targeting, environmental and labor safeguards, and fiscal accountability.
Views the bill as a modest, technical adjustment to an existing program that increases predictability for producers.
Supportive if fiscal impacts are reasonable and implementation is clarified.
Skeptical: supports family farmers but worries the bill expands federal subsidy reach and market distortion.
Prefers market-based solutions or tighter eligibility and budget offsets.
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Substantively modest and administratively straightforward, so plausible if packaged with broader farm legislation; standalone prospects limited.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Progressives worry about larger/corporate dairies receiving benefits
Substantively modest and administratively straightforward, so plausible if packaged with broader farm legislation; standalone prospects lim…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly focused statutory amendment that is precise in its textual changes but light on contextual, fiscal, and implementation detail.
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