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USDA opened Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) sign-up for 2024 from February 28 to April 29, with payments possibly starting March 4. The rules now let producers under 5 million pounds of production make a one-time production history adjustment.
The safety net supports farm margins and does not directly move milk prices, so its effect on the market is limited.
After 93 past neutral policy events, Milk (Class III) moved a median -0.0% over 5 sessions (48% higher; middle half -0.6% to +0.6%), and +0.2% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.