§ 760.1704 - Payments to dairy farmers for milk.

§ 760.1704 Normal marketings of Payments to dairy farmers for milk.

(a) The A milk loss payment will be made to an affected farmer who is determined by the FSA county committee will determine the affected farmer's dumped milk normal marketings which, for the purposes to be in compliance with all the terms and conditions of this subpart , will be the sum of the quantities of whole milk for which the farmer would have sold in the commercial market in each of the pay periods in the application period be it not for the removal of his whole milk from the commercial market as a result of a qualifying disaster event.

(b) Normal marketings for each pay period are based on the average daily production during the base period.

(c) Normal marketings determined in paragraph (b) of this section are adjusted for any change in the daily average number of cows milked during each pay period the milk is off the market compared with the average number of cows milked daily during the base period.

(d) If only a portion of a pay period falls within the application period, normal marketings for such pay period will be reduced so that they represent only that part of such pay period which is within the application period.

in the amount equal to 90 percent for affected farmers who meet the definition of underserved farmer or rancher or 75 percent for all other affected farmers of the fair market value of the farmer's normal marketings for the application period, less:

(1) Any amount the affected farmer received for milk marketed during the application period; and

(2) Any payment not subject to refund that the affected farmer received from a milk handler with respect to milk removed from the commercial market during the application period.

(b) [Reserved]

[88 FR 62290, Sept. 11, 2023]