 A series of MPP dairy producer information meetings will be held at locations around Indiana in November. Please check the schedule for the location most convenient for you. These meetings will last approximately 2 hours and are free and open to the public. Dairy farmers are encouraged to attend. Membership in IDP is not required.Meetings are conducted by Purdue University Cooperative Extension and Farm Services Agency. Indiana Dairy Producers is teaming with these agencies to deliver these programs that are aimed at understanding of the details of the Margin Protection Program and Demonstration  of Analytical Tools available to help dairy producers make decisions about participation, percentage of production to protect and margin levels. For the meetings on November 3 and 4, the programs will be delivered by Dr. Chris Wolf of Michigan State University, who was integral in developing analytical tools accompanied by Purdue, FSA, and IDP. For the November 18 and 19 meetings, programs will be delivered by Dr. Nicole Widmar of Purdue University accompanied by other Purdue specialists and FSA and IDP.All times are Eastern Time. Light snacks will be served at all meetings. Please contact Doug Leman at 317-695-8228 if you have any questions about these info meetings.
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On August 28, 2014, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced details for a long-awaited and much-improved safety net for dairy farmers. Developed by the National Milk Producers Federation and five years in the making, the new Dairy Margin Protection Program, or MPP, is the most significant rewrite of dairy policy in more than a generation. Sign-up started September 2, 2014, and continues through November 28, 2014.
Please review the dates of our Indiana MPP info meetings on the left bar of our website. These meetings will be held around the state in Goshen, Greenfield, Seymour, Huntington, Jasper and West Lafayette. We are partnering with the Farm Service Agency and Purdue University Extension to bring these valuable resources to Indiana dairy farmers. In the meantime, you can participate in a margin protection calculator and learn much more about the program by visiting National Milk Producers Federation website, here. |
