House Ag Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, D-Minn., is asking USDA to address several issues with the latest Market Facilitation Program (MFP 2) trade mitigation package, including crops that are not eligible for aid and the formula for determining payments to dairy producers. That follows questions raised by dairy farmers as to why their payments are based on historical – and not actual – production.
“The current program has created winners and losers among neighbors who find themselves facing the same market situations, meaning that some producers may remain viable while others may be forced out of business,” Peterson said in a letter to USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue.
He also pointed out that the MFP 2 payments do not account for “the impact on basis that have resulted from disruptions in trade flows.”
He called on Perdue to “strongly consider rectifying these situations as you contemplate the next rounds of assistance under the MFP program.”
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