Distribute pandemic market volatility assistance program monies to dairy farmers who received a lower value due to market abnormalities caused by the pandemic and ensuing federal policies

This Cooperative Agreement award from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service provides $121,089 to Jerry Dakin Dairy under the Pandemic Market Volatility Assistance Program (PMVAP). The purpose of the award is to distribute Pandemic Market Volatility Assistance monies to dairy farmers who received a lower value for their milk due to market abnormalities caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and resulting federal policies.

Jerry Dakin Dairy will disburse PMVAP funds to eligible producers, obtain adjusted gross income attestations, issue IRS Form 1099-MISC to each producer, provide documentation that payments were made according to program rules, and deliver dairy policy education to eligible producers. All PMVAP monies must be distributed to eligible dairy farmers and dairy policy education efforts documented, with payments subject to verification by USDA. No subrecipient activities are involved. The award period is from December 6, 2021 to June 30, 2022.

Recipients will disburse pmvap monies to eligible producers. In additional, recipients must obtain adjusted gross income attestations from eligible producers, issue 1099-misc to each producer reflecting their pmvap payment, provide documentation payments were made in accordance to program rules, and provide dairy policy education to eligible producers. Recipients will disburse all pmvap monies to eligible producers, provide and document dairy policy education efforts, and be subject to payment verification by USDA staff. Dairy farmers whose milk we marketed to a federal milk marketing order regulated handler during july through december 2020 are the intended beneficiaries. There are no subrecipient activities.