If you don’t have an account, sign up today. Producers can also prepare maps for acreage reporting as well as manage farm loans and other programs by logging into their account. To learn more about USDA programs, producers can contact their local USDA Service Center. Learn more on the FSA Dairy Programs webpage. ODMAP complements other assistance available to dairy producers, including Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) and Supplemental DMC, with more than $300 million in benefits paid for the 2023 program year to date. Organic dairy operations are required to provide their USDA certification of organic status confirming operation as an organic dairy in 20 along with the certification of 2022 milk production in hundredweight.
To complete the ODMAP application, producers must certify to pounds of 2022 milk production, how documentation of their organic certification, and submit a completed application form. To apply, producers should contact FSA at their local USDA Service Center. Oregon FSA offices are accepting applications from May 24 to July 24, 2023. ODMAP provides financial assistance that will immediately support certified organic dairy operations during 2023 keeping organic dairy operations sustainable until markets return to more normal conditions. ODMAP provides a one-time cost-share payment based on marketing costs on pounds of organic milk marketed in the 2022 calendar year. Eligible producers include certified organic dairy operations that produce milk from cows, goats and sheep.įSA is providing financial assistance for a producer’s projected marketing costs in 2023 based on their 2022 costs. Oregon FSA office will begin accepting applications for ODMAP on May 24, 2023. This program will keep Oregon small organic dairies in operation as they continue to weather a combination of challenges outside of their control.”
“Without assistance, many organic dairies, particularly small organic dairies, will cease production, which not only impacts the domestic supply and consumption of organic milk but also the well-being of many rural communities across the country. “Oregon organic dairy producers have faced significant and unique increases in their marketing costs, compounded by increases in feed and transportation costs and the limited availability of organic grain and forage commodities,” said FSA Gail Greenman, State Executive Director. Specifically, under the ODMAP, USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is making $104 million available to organic dairy operations to assist with projected marketing costs in 2023, calculated using their marketing costs in 2022. ODMAP is established to help mitigate market volatility, higher input and transportation costs, and unstable feed supply and prices that have created unique hardships in the organic dairy industry. Department of Agriculture (USDA), announces assistance for dairy producers with the new Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program (ODMAP).
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