# Dairy Organizations Ask For More Aid From USDA As Retaliatory Tariffs Impact Profits - WPR

> The National Milk Producers Federation wrote to USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue saying the Market Facilitation Program has done little to offset losses from retaliatory tariffs. USDA estimates tariffs cut 2018 milk prices by 70 cents per hundredweight, more than $1 billion in lost income, while the program pays about $127 million.

- Date: 2018-10-26 · published 2018-10-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62684-dairy-organizations-ask-for-more-aid-from-usda-as-retaliatory-tariffs-impact
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Tariff-driven milk price losses reduce dairy producer margins and can curb herd and feed purchases, while the aid package is too small to offset the impact.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2025-01-18 | [USDA Announces June 1 Implementation of New FMMO Formulas](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26671-usda-announces-june-1-implementation-of-new-fmmo-formulas.md) | -0.0% | +0.1% |
| MILK | 2025-09-27 | [Milk checks reflect new Federal Order pricing - Dairy Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23043-milk-checks-reflect-new-federal-order-pricing-dairy-star.md) | -2.0% | -3.9% |
| MILK | 2020-04-07 | [Mielke: Dairy industry calls for help \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5746-mielke-dairy-industry-calls-for-help-capital-press.md) | -1.7% | -16.9% |
| MILK | 2025-10-01 | [Three Months In: Early Impacts of FMMO Amendments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23045-three-months-in-early-impacts-of-fmmo-amendments.md) | -2.4% | -3.7% |
| MILK | 2023-09-26 | [Milk, cheese prices fall while USDA, industry discuss proposals - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34251-milk-cheese-prices-fall-while-usda-industry-discuss-proposals-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -0.2% | -8.5% |

## Sources

- wpr.org: https://www.wpr.org/agriculture/dairy-organizations-ask-more-aid-usda-retaliatory-tariffs-impact-profits

---
Data from Feedsoft AI (https://feedsoft.ai/). For information only; not investment advice.