Immediate
Action Needed to Urge the President to Include Two Critical Provisions in the
Final Regulations of the National Dairy Market Loss Payment Program Please
Send a Following Letter to the President Bush to Request His Immediate Attention
to This Issue by Email: president@whitehouse.gov
by Fax: 202-456-2461 or by Mail: The President of the United States, 1600 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500 The
Honorable George W. Bush
The President of the United States
1600 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500 Dear
President Bush: I
am writing to request your urgent attention to including two critical provisions
in the final regulations governing the administration of the National Dairy Market
Loss Payment Program - Guidelines
allowing multiple 2.4 million annual production cap approvals.
- Selection
procedures of months for producers to receive counter-cyclical deficiency payments.
The
first provision involves the definition of a dairy operation for the purpose of
determining if a farm qualifies for more than one 2.4 million-pound annual production
cap. Many of our multi-family farms technically operate under a single milking
facility in order to keep expenses down and to maximize efficiency. But, more
important, each family shares in the management, labor and risk of the operation
and each family's income depends on the composite milk sales generated. Therefore,
I urge you to allow such dairy operations to qualify for additional annual production
caps provided they demonstrate that more than one family or business partner derives
it's primary income from the farm. Whether or not the dairy farm has a single
milking facility should not be the determining test. Secondly,
given the fluctuating nature of milk prices over the past several years, it is
important that dairy producers be allowed to select those months in which they
wish to receive market loss payments. This will help significantly to improve
dairy farm income and provide help when it is most needed. This would allow for
a truly counter-cyclical payment program I appreciate your attention to these
issues and look forward to working with you on the implementation of this important
program.
Sincerely,
Action
Plan --- Please send above letter to the President Bush to ask him to support
the Annual Production Cap and Optional Payment Selection Provisions of the National
Dairy Market Loss Payment Program. If you have any questions or comments please
contact Legislative Research Analyst Chilsook
Hwang by phone 1-888-4GRANGE, ext 109. Thank
you for your grassroots participation in the National Grange Legislative program.
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