Dairy Market Loss Assistance

Dairy Market Loss Assistance (DMLA) was a series of programs of the United States Department of Agriculture to make emergency direct-payment programs for dairy farmers, in response to volatile farm milk prices. It was funded over three consecutive years (FY1999-2001) by three separate emergency supplemental appropriations measures. The primary purpose of these payments was to supplement dairy farmer income. Dairy farmers received supplemental payments of $200 million provided by the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Appropriations Act, 1999 (P.L. 105-277) in DMLA-I; $125 million from the FY2000 agriculture appropriations act (P.L. 106-78) in DMLA-II; and $675 million in emergency provisions in the FY2001 agriculture appropriations act (P.L. 106-387) in DMLA-III.

See also
  • Market loss assistance

References
  •  This article incorporates public domain material from the Congressional Research Service document: Jasper Womach. "Report for Congress: Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition" (PDF).
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