Dairy farmers would get a guaranteed minimum price for milk and face limits on how much they can produce.
This bill would create a new national program to manage milk production and prices across the country. It would set a minimum price for milk and limit how much milk dairy farmers can produce without paying a fee. Farmers who stay within their limits would get a share of these fees, while those who overproduce would pay a fee. It also aims to boost regional dairy infrastructure and review import rules.
Currently, federal dairy programs like Dairy Margin Coverage and Dairy Revenue Protection offer risk management tools to farmers, but milk production and prices are largely driven by market forces. This bill would suspend those programs and replace them with a managed system that sets national and regional milk production limits, guarantees a minimum milk price, and uses a fee-and-dividend system to stabilize the market. It would also increase support for regional dairy infrastructure and review import policies.
S 4906 · 119th Congress · June 24, 2026 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 9/10
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