# MPP-Dairy: The deadline is now; payments already guaranteed for February through April -  | Ag Proud

> USDA's Farm Service Agency extended efforts to help dairy farmers enroll in the 2018 MPP-Dairy program before a June 1 deadline. Farmers electing $7 to $8 per cwt margin coverage are guaranteed indemnity payments for February through April milk production.

- Date: 2018-05-31 · published 2018-05-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/9760-mpp-dairy-the-deadline-is-now-payments-already-guaranteed-for-february-through
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Income support through MPP-Dairy can keep marginal farmers producing, which limits near-term supply tightening and tempers milk price gains.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2018-05-02 | [May dairy economic update: MPP-Dairy can provide guaranteed payments, positive program cash flow at highest margin -  \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5127-may-dairy-economic-update-mpp-dairy-can-provide-guaranteed-payments-positive.md) | +5.1% | +4.5% |
| MILK | 2018-03-14 | [Gillibrand proposal adds milk price floor, MILC-type payments -  \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66148-gillibrand-proposal-adds-milk-price-floor-milc-type-payments-ag-proud.md) | +0.6% | +1.4% |
| MILK | 2023-10-13 | [Economic Update: Dairy Forward Pricing Program has expired, for now \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33771-economic-update-dairy-forward-pricing-program-has-expired-for-now-ag-proud.md) | -0.4% | +1.1% |
| MILK | 2021-06-11 | [What happened? What’s next? - Is the market fixing itself? - Progressive Dairy \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46753-what-happened-what-s-next-is-the-market-fixing-itself-progressive-dairy-ag-proud.md) | +0.5% | -2.0% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- agproud.com: https://www.agproud.com/articles/30922-mpp-dairy-the-deadline-is-now-payments-already-guaranteed-for-february-through-april

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