State Representatives Pat Harkins and Bob Merski are urging dairy farmers who have suffered economic losses because of the pandemic to apply to a new, federally funded program that can assist in their recovery.
The Dairy Indemnity Program will distribute $15 million in funding to dairy farmers who have suffered financial losses as a result of discarded or displaced milk during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The program is funded through the federal CARES Act and administered by the state Department of Agriculture.
Dairy farmers who can show that they have suffered financial losses as a result of discarded or displaced milk during the COVID-19 pandemic should be eligible under the program.