Digest highlights

• Petition seeks higher transportation credits in southeastern U.S. FMMOs
• USDA publishes ‘cattle contracts library’ rule
• Other news, briefly

The Dairy Margin Coverage program October margin will be announced on Nov. 30. Check back with Progressive Dairy.

On Nov. 2, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced over $223 million in grants and loans to support small to midsized meat processing facilities.

• NMPF endorses FMMO modernization provisions
• November 2022 Class I base price rebounds
• USDA expands SNAP Dairy Incentive Program 
• Vitaliano: Production growth evident
• Dairy cull cow marketing down in September
• USDA establishing regional networks for organic transition
• September DMC numbers coming next Monday

Finding consensus on FMMO issues hasn’t been easy.

• 2023 DMC enrollment period closes Dec. 9
• Continue using current Form I-9
• USDA extends comment period for organic livestock handling rules
• Proposal blocks SEC GHG emission disclosure requirements for farms

On Oct. 4, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) called on the EPA to pause their Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rulemaking after the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Sackett v. EPA, a case that will determine the EPA’s authority to regulate bodies of water under the Clean Water Act.

Impacts of higher processing costs could drive the spread between all-milk and mailbox prices wider.

• 2023 DMC enrollment period is Oct. 17-Dec. 9
• Farm bill dairy provisions reviewed
• California, New York approve farm labor laws
• GDT product prices decline
• Ag producer sentiment drifts lower