More funding for US organic producers

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced a second round of payments for dairy producers through its Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program (ODMAP) 2024, providing an additional US$8.7 million to help dairy producers mitigate market volatility, higher input and transportation costs, and unstable feed supply and prices that have created unique hardships in the organic dairy industry. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) has already paid out $23 million in the first round of payments for eligible producers, bringing total ODMAP 2024 payments to more than $31 million.

“This funding gives organic dairy producers critical support as they continue to weather a combination of challenges outside of their control,” says Dr Ronald M. Howell, Jr, FSA state executive director in the US state of Virginia. “The payments are intended to help producers stay in operation until markets return to more favourable conditions.”

FSA is providing financial assistance for a producer’s projected marketing costs in 2024 based on their 2023 costs. ODMAP 2024 provides a one-time cost-share payment based on marketing costs on pounds of organic milk marketed in the 2023 calendar year or estimated 2024 marketing costs for organic dairy operations that have increased milk production.

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