Dairy Revenue Protection (DRP) Insurance
Dairy Revenue Protection Insurance – Risk Management for Today’s Dairy Operations
Dairy Revenue Protection (DRP) crop insurance is designed to insure against unexpected declines in the quarterly revenue from milk sales relative to a guaranteed coverage level. The expected revenue is based on futures prices for milk and dairy commodities and the amount of covered milk production elected by the dairy producer. The covered milk production is indexed to the state or region where the dairy producer is located.
DRP insurance is approved for sale in all counties in all 50 states.
Dairy Revenue Protection Policy Overview
Dairy insurance through DRP offers two revenue pricing options:
- The Class Pricing Optionuses a combination of Class III and Class IV milk prices as a basis for determining coverage and indemnities.
- The Component Pricing Option uses the component milk prices for butterfat, protein and other solids as a basis for determining coverage and indemnities. Under this option you may select the butterfat test percentage and protein test percentage to establish your insured milk price.
DRP policies function similar to crop revenue protection policies in that the dairy insurance revenue guarantee would be based on futures prices, expected production and market-implied risk.
Dairy Revenue Protection policies allow coverage levels from 80-95% of your expected quarterly revenue in five percent increments.
The dairy producer has six basic decisions to make on the DRP crop insurance policy:
- Select component or class pricing option
- Select a quarterly insurance period
- Declare milk production
- Select a coverage level (from 80 to 95 percent of the revenue guarantee)
- Declare the share percentage
- Select a protection factor (1.00 – 1.50)
The DRP insurance policy provides insurance for the difference between the final revenue guarantee and actual milk revenue, times your actual share and protection factor. This loss needs to be caused by natural occurrences in market prices and yields in your state-level or pooled production region. This policy does not insure against the death or other loss or destruction of your dairy cattle.
2023 DRP Important Policy Changes
The following revisions are applicable for the 2023 and succeeding crop years for the DRP plan of insurance:
- Allow sales to be suspended during the sales period for situations that arise during the sales period in which market conditions adversely change after the fact.
- Add flexibility to continue coverage when producers experience a disaster at their dairy operation. The insured can use the milk marketing records as of the date of the disaster to determine the milk produced for the rest of the insurance period or use prior milk marketing records if the disaster occurs prior to the start of the insurance period.
- Revised the policy to clarify that the termination date is June 30. Cancellation during a crop year to submit an application for another DRP policy with a different insurance provider within the same crop year is not allowed.
- Clarified that an insured cannot have other livestock insurance on the same milk in the same quarterly insurance period.
What are the Dairy Insurance Benefits?
Dairy Revenue Protection is an easy-to-use product which has few coverage declarations, minimal reporting requirements and eligibility for all dairy farmers. Premiums are established and offered daily using actuarially appropriate methods. Benefits to dairy producers of purchasing Dairy-RP include:
- The flexibility of producer options
- Revenue risk coverage (quantity and price)
- Addresses coverage gaps in existing products
- Addresses basis risk through pricing options and production factor
- Reduced complexity
- Timely and market-based risk management
DRP Quoting for ProAg Policyholders and Guests
Dairy Revenue Protection (DRP) quoting is now available online through our policyholder portal, myProAg™. Whether you are a guest or a current ProAg policyholder, you’ll have access by registering at my.proag.com.
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Recent Important Policy Changes
The following revisions are applicable for the 2023 and succeeding crop years for the DRP plan of insurance:
- Allow sales to be suspended during the sales period for situations that arise during the sales period in which market conditions adversely change after the fact.
- Added flexibility to continue coverage when producers experience a disaster at their dairy operation. The insured can use the milk marketing records as of the date of the disaster to determine the milk produced for the rest of the insurance period or use prior milk marketing records if the disaster occurs prior to the start of the insurance period.
- Revised the policy to clarify that the termination date is June 30. Cancellation during a crop year to submit an application for another DRP policy with a different insurance provider within the same crop year is not allowed.
- Clarified that an insured cannot have other livestock insurance on the same milk in the same quarterly insurance period.
Contact Us for Complete Policy Details
Additional information regarding Dairy Revenue Protection is available on the RMA website’s Livestock page, located at www.rma.usda.gov/livestock/.
We invite you to learn more from your trusted ProAg agent today about the Dairy Revenue Protection insurance program. Come experience the ProAg difference today.
Helpful DRP Links
- Monthly USDA AMS Announcement of Class and Component Prices
- Hoard’s Dairyman Dairy Mailbox, Milk, Cheese and Butter Prices
- CME Group Dairy Futures and Options
- USDA RMA Frequently Asked Questions on Dairy Revenue Protection
RMA Policy and Procedure Bulletins
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