date:Oct 18, 2012
roducers more than the larger producers, Bones said, because the MILC payment has a cap determined by volume. The larger producers meet that cap in a short time, he said, and max out their payment.
The smaller producers can get a payment every month and not reach the cap, Bones said in the email. So while most of the larger producers have reached and received their payment, the smaller dairymen may miss out on some of the later-year payments.
Bones is a co-owner of Turner County Dairy, a large