In the April 13, 2016, Federal Register, USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation issued a final rule amending the regulations for the Margin Protection Program for Dairy ("MPP-Dairy") to allow dairy operations to update their production history when a son, daughter, grandchild, or spouse of a child or grandchild of a current producer participating in the MPP-Dairy program joins the operation. The rule also provides for a later due date for the payment of the entire premium and clarifies that dairy operations that purchase buy-up coverage on less than 90 percent of their production history will also receive catastrophic coverage on the balance, up to 90 percent of the production history. The rule was effective April 13, 2016.
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