Margin Protection Program News

Vermont dairy farmers face a Friday deadline to enroll in a new price protection program. The Margin Protection Program is a voluntary insurance program that enables dairy farmers to protect themselves from low prices. The program protects farmers when the …

A plan in the new U.S. farm law to help dairy farmers limit losses from rising feed costs or falling milk prices may become a model in coming years for livestock producers who have resisted similar types of insurance. The …