# Northwest Iowa Dairy Outlook • Iowa State University Extension and Outreach

> USDA's Farm Service Agency has begun paying Dairy Margin Coverage to producers, about $100 million for January through May. The May income-over-feed margin of $9.00/cwt triggered the fifth payment for producers who bought the $9.50 coverage level.

- Date: 2019-07-12 · published 2019-07-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58078-northwest-iowa-dairy-outlook-iowa-state-university-extension-and-outreach
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Support payments help keep dairy herds in production despite tight margins, sustaining feed demand, though the payments do not directly move feed or milk prices.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2023-05-03 | [2023 Dairy outlook update - Dairy Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35962-2023-dairy-outlook-update-dairy-producer.md) | -11.9% | -13.2% |
| MILK | 2023-10-31 | [2023 Dairy outlook update: Little margin improvement in 2023 - Dairy Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33627-2023-dairy-outlook-update-little-margin-improvement-in-2023-dairy-producer.md) | +1.8% | +1.6% |
| MILK | 2025-01-25 | [Federal order final decision approved - Dairy Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26520-federal-order-final-decision-approved-dairy-star.md) | +0.3% | -0.4% |
| MILK | 2023-05-18 | [Weekly Digest: Dairy co-ops add support to NMPF petition \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36096-weekly-digest-dairy-co-ops-add-support-to-nmpf-petition-ag-proud.md) | +0.1% | -7.8% |
| MILK | 2017-10-04 | [Weekly Digest: MPP-Dairy late filing a ‘black swan’ option -  \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68589-weekly-digest-mpp-dairy-late-filing-a-black-swan-option-ag-proud.md) | +2.0% | +2.1% |

## Sources

- blogs.extension.iastate.edu: https://blogs.extension.iastate.edu/nwiadairyoutlook/page/44/

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