The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee released a draft of its 2018 Farm Bill proposal, so far a less contentious version than the House proposal defeated on the House floor in May. For the most part, dairy provisions of the Senate version of the 2018 Farm Bill are similar to those contained in the House version, but there are differences. Those include the premium structure and the flexibility (or lack of flexibility) to make changes in annual coverage selections under a revised and renamed Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy).
Dave Natzke, an editor with Progressive Dairymen, joined us on today’s Dairy Radio Now to break it down:
