# There’s still time to weigh dairy safety net options -  | Ag Proud

> Margin protection and risk management options for dairy producers are discussed, including MPP-Dairy enrollment, LGM-Dairy and the forthcoming Revenue Protection-Dairy product. As of late April, LGM-Dairy insurable margin for June 2018 through March 2019 averaged $6.86 per cwt.

- Date: 2018-04-26 · published 2018-04-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65654-there-s-still-time-to-weigh-dairy-safety-net-options-ag-proud
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Improved milk futures are making margin insurance more attractive for larger producers, which is a risk management story with limited direct price impact.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2016-06-02 | [Dairy safety net in need of patches -  \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7547-dairy-safety-net-in-need-of-patches-ag-proud.md) | +3.6% | +3.3% |
| 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 | 2016-06-23 | [June sales period offers dairy margin protection option -  \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4754-june-sales-period-offers-dairy-margin-protection-option-ag-proud.md) | 0.0% | +15.5% |
| 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% |
| MILK | 2017-10-11 | [Farm Bill Primer: Dairy Safety Net - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68458-farm-bill-primer-dairy-safety-net-everycrsreport-com.md) | +0.6% | -1.4% |

## Sources

- agproud.com: https://www.agproud.com/articles/31035-there-s-still-time-to-weigh-dairy-safety-net-options

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