December DMC margin triggers first, only payment in 2025
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- Feb 3
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Falling milk prices influenced December 2025’s Dairy Margin Coverage margin, which led to the program issuing its first and only indemnity payment of the year.
The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Ag Prices report, released Jan. 30, established December 2025 Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program calculations. Both feed costs and the milk price fell month over month for a DMC margin of $9.42 per hundredweight (cwt), triggering the first and only payment in 2025.
December numbers
The Ag Prices report showed prices for major dairy feedstuffs were mixed, with milk prices stumbling (see Table 1).
Jenn Coyne
January 30, 2026
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