# Dairy industry divides over pricing policy ahead of farm bill | 2022-06-28 | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.

> Dairy industry groups are divided over reforms to federal milk pricing ahead of the next farm bill. Dairy Margin Coverage protects margins up to $9.50/cwt on the first 5 million pounds, and about 72% of producers remain enrolled even though no payments are expected.

- Date: 2022-06-29 · published 2022-06-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/4557-dairy-industry-divides-over-pricing-policy-ahead-of-farm-bill-2022-06-28-agri
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Potential changes to federal milk pricing and DMC could alter dairy producer risk management and herd economics, affecting long-run milk supply and dairy feed demand.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2021-01-13 | [Food Box cheese-buying splurge sparks debate over dairy policy \| 2021-01-12  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49309-food-box-cheese-buying-splurge-sparks-debate-over-dairy-policy-2021-01-12-agri.md) | -1.3% | -5.5% |
| MILK | 2017-12-19 | [Disaster bill adds cotton to farm bill \| 2017-12-18 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67461-disaster-bill-adds-cotton-to-farm-bill-2017-12-18-agri-pulse-agri-pulse.md) | -0.6% | -10.8% |
| MILK | 2019-02-27 | [Perdue sets signup goals for farm bill \| 2019-02-27 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60598-perdue-sets-signup-goals-for-farm-bill-2019-02-27-agri-pulse-agri-pulse.md) | +8.5% | +8.0% |
| MILK | 2018-01-24 | [Article Headline \| 2018-01-23 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67126-article-headline-2018-01-23-agri-pulse-agri-pulse-communications-inc.md) | -0.1% | -3.2% |
| MILK | 2021-09-15 | [Lawmakers hear perspectives on milk pricing system at hearing  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45214-lawmakers-hear-perspectives-on-milk-pricing-system-at-hearing-agri-pulse.md) | +0.1% | +7.8% |

## Sources

- agri-pulse.com: https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/17913-dairy-industry-divides-over-pricing-policy-ahead-of-farm-bill

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