Dairy Provisions Included in Farm Bill

The National Milk Producers Federation Executive Vice President of Communications and Industry Relations Alan Bjerga said the ag committee’s farm bill provides certainty for dairy farmers over the next five years.The overall support for the dairy industry was evident in the farm bill. “You saw support for dairy in general in terms of some of the trade promotion programs, in terms of maintaining that overall safety net, including ARC and PLC programs, which a lot of farmers who are growing their own crops benefit from.”