Dairy Farm Resiliency Act
Latest action · Feb 14, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 9, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Dairy Farm Resiliency Act
This bill updates the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program.
As background, the DMC program was enacted in the 2018 farm bill to support dairy operations by allowing producers to buy a guaranteed margin for their milk production. The margin is the difference between the Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) national all milk price and a calculated feed cost, which provides producers optional risk protection on price and feed costs.
The bill updates the current requirements that a participating dairy producer have an established milk production history with USDA's Farm Service Agency. Specifically, the bill requires that a dairy operation's production history for DMC be based on the most recent three-year history and be recalculated every five years.
The bill also increases Tier I margin coverage for annual milk production to 6 million pounds or less (currently 5 million pounds or less) and Tier II margin coverage to over 6 million pounds (currently over 5 million pounds).
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 9, 2025 to Oct 28, 2025, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WI | Derrick Van Orden | Original | Jan 9, 2025 |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Original | Jan 9, 2025 |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Jan 15, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Josh Riley | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| R-WI | Tony Wied | Apr 17, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Oct 28, 2025 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 14, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
- Feb 14, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
- Jan 9, 2025Introduced in House
- Jan 9, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 9, 2025Introduced in House
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