2-8-19 another challenging year for wisconsin dairy farmers

Experts are predicting  another challenging year for dairy farmers following four straight years of low farm milk prices.  Fond du Lac County Dairy and Livestock extension agent Tina Coleman says she expects prices to be better this year than in 2018, but not by a lot.  One plus is that the new farm bill includes an improved insurance program to help farmers during times of low prices, but that program was delayed by the partial government shutdown.  While the shutdown is over, the Farm Services Agency still needs to write the rules for the program before the payments start.  Experts expect the payments to be retroactive.

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