Dairy and Dairy Products Law

Risk Management and Income Protection

As of 2021, there are 4 active federal dairy risk management and income support programs: (1) Livestock Gross Margin Insurance Plan for Dairy Cattle (LGM-D), (2) Dairy Margin Coverage Program (DMC), and (3) Dairy Revenue Protection (Dairy-RP). Each program is managed by USDA Risk Management Agency (RMA). This section includes RMA and other agency factsheets for each program, and resources for new ancillary risk management programs.

Federal Risk Management and Income Protection Programs

• Livestock Gross Margin Insurance Plan for Dairy Cattle (LGM-Dairy) 
  • Risk Mgmt. Agency LGM-Dairy Fact Sheet – 2021 
  • LGM-Dairy Q&A 
• Dairy Margin Coverage Program (DMC) 
  • Farm Serv. Agency DMC Fact Sheet – 2019
• Dairy Revenue Protection (Dairy-RP) 
  • Risk Mgmt. Agency Dairy-RP Fact Sheet – 2019 
  • Cong. Research Serv. – Dairy Revenue Protection Insurance In Focus – 2018 

Historical and Other Resources:

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State Risk Management Programs

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