Bill · H.R. 294· House(119-HR-294)
Dairy Farm Resiliency Act
- Introduced
- 1/9/2025
- Last activity
- 2/14/2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
- Sponsored by
- Nicholas Langworthy
- Cosponsors
- - 3 - 3
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill, titled the "Dairy Farm Resiliency Act," seeks to amend the Agricultural Act of 2014. It specifically focuses on changes to the dairy margin coverage program. The legislation modifies how production history is calculated for participants. Additionally, it adjusts the premium thresholds for Tier i and Tier ii levels.
Yes
Would business owners be better off under this?+4
The bill provides more current data for production history and adjusts premium thresholds, which aids dairy farm business operations.
Would farmers be better off under this?+4
The bill updates the production history calculation to be more current and increases the thresholds for Tier i and Tier ii premiums for dairy farmers.
Does this make it easier to run a small business?+4
The bill updates the production history calculation and increases premium thresholds to provide more flexible margin coverage for dairy producers.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Updated Production History: By amending the production history to be calculated based on the most recent three-year history every five years, the bill updates the calculation method used in the dairy margin coverage program (Section 2(a)).
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Increased Premium Thresholds: The bill increases the thresholds for both Tier i and Tier ii premiums from 5,000,000 to 6,000,000 (Section 2(b)(1) and Section 2(b)(2)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No negative impacts are explicitly stated in the text.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Business Owners+4Good For Farmers+4
- Economy And Finance
- Improves Small Business Support+4
- 10/28/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 4/17/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 2/14/2025
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
- Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
- 1/31/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 1/15/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 1/9/2025
- Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- 2 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in House
Joe CourtneyDemocrat · Connecticut
Josh RileyDemocrat · New York
Claudia TenneyRepublican · New York
Derrick Van OrdenRepublican · Wisconsin
Eugene VindmanDemocrat · Virginia
Tony WiedRepublican · Wisconsin