Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection secretary-designee Brad Pfaff is encouraging Wisconsin producers to take advantage of USDA-provided resources to assist both dairy and crop farmers facing the challenges of low prices and late planting. Signup begins today for the new Dairy Margin Coverage program, or DMC. In addition, crop farmers need to remember deadlines for reporting failed or prevented planting if they plan to claim coverage under federal programs. Pfaff, who leads the DATCP, said, “Many farmers are facing feed shortages because of alfalfa winterkill the resulted from very harsh winter weather this year, so they’re having to buy feed at high prices at the same time the milk prices are low.”
