Pandemic Market Volatility Assistance Program (PMVAP)

 

USDA-Agricultural Marketing Service will make pandemic assistance payments, through cooperative agreements with raw milk buyers, to dairy farmers who received a lower value due to market abnormalities caused by the pandemic and ensuing Federal policies.

Active 10.183 Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture B - Project Grants Not applicable. Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, Section 6002, Public Law 116-116-136, 15 U.S.C. 9001 Raw milk handlers were regulated by the Federal Milk Marketing Order system from July through December 2020. Dairy farmers whose raw milk buyer (handler) had milk regulated on the Federal Milk Marketing Order system during July through December 2020. A cooperative agreement is entered into between AMS and the eligible entity. OMB Guidance for Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards at 2 CFR 200 applies to this program. This program is excluded from coverage under 2 CFR 200, Subpart E - Cost Principles. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. Raw milk handlers regulated by the Federal Milk Marketing Order system during July through December 2020 have been contacted to apply. The handler will enter into a cooperative agreement with USDA. Through the agreement a raw milk handler will receive and distribute PMVAP payments to eligible dairy farmer suppliers. All eligible raw milk handlers have been contacted to apply by submitting the summary of eligible pounds they handled during July through December 2020. USDA-AMS will approve submission and compute the applicable payment. Parties will enter into a cooperative agreement whereby USDA will disburse monies to the handler who will then have 30 days to distribute program monies to its dairy farmer suppliers in the same manner it originally made payments to those dairy farmer suppliers during July through December 2020. December 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022 The program is being administered by cooperative agreements with the dairy farmers' raw milk buyer. The cooperative agreement will be signed and payments issued between 12/1/21 and 3/31/22. Once the handler receives payment from USDA, it has 30 days to make payments to its dairy farmer suppliers. From 30 to 60 days. Not applicable. Not applicable. Only raw milk handlers regulated by the Federal Milk Marketing Order system during July through December 2020 are eligible. The program will provide financial assistance to dairy farmers impacted by market volatility and disruptions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing Federal policies. Payments to dairy farmers will be made through cooperative agreements with their handlers, based on milk regulated through the Federal Milk Marketing Order system during July through December 2020. Performance Reports: Handlers will be required to submit a report verifying that payments were made in full, on time, and they met the education requirement provisions of the cooperative agreement. All applicants will be subjected to an audit by AMS auditors, in accordance with the provisions of 2 CFR 200, Subpart R - Audit Requirements. The audit will verify payments to dairy farmers were made in full, in accordance with the program terms and payment methodology, and the applicants went through documented procedures to determine dairy farmer beneficiaries met the adjusted gross income requirements of the program. All raw milk handlers entering in PMVAP cooperative agreements must keep records demonstrating payments were made to dairy farmers within 30 days. Such records include PMVAP workbooks, banking records, and producer Adjusted Gross Income attestations. Records must be kept for at least 1 year after payments were made. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Funding will be available and must be spent during FY2022. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Lump. None/Not specified. Dana Coale Deputy Administrator, Dairy Program
1400 Independence Ave., SW STOP 0231
Washington, DC 20250 USA
Dana.coale@usda.gov
Phone: 202-720-4392

Erin Taylor Director, Order Formulation and Enforcement Division
1400 Independence Ave., SW STOP 0231
Washington, DC 20250 USA
Erin.taylor@usda.gov
Phone: 202-720-7311 https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/pandemic-market-volatility-assistance-program 12-0115-1-2-605 (Cooperative Agreements) FY 22$255,524,387.00; FY 23 est $91,353,574.00; FY 24 est $0.00; FY 21 FY 20 - $350 million FFATA: As noted, FFATA was further amended in 2014 by the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act) to, among other items, require summary financial data be reported by Federal agencies in addition to Federal award data. 2 CFR part 25 Federal awards impacted by these requirements include grants, sub-grants, loans, awards, cooperative agreements, and other forms of financial assistance as well as contracts, subcontracts, purchase orders, task orders, and delivery orders. As the purpose of this part is to provide the public with information about how their tax dollars are spent, the following information must be provided for primary awards receiving federal funds that meet or exceed the micro-purchase threshold currently set at $10,000 for procurement contracts and for subawards exceeding $30,000 reporting. AMS will be leveraging eFG and interfacing directly with USASpending.gov. To ensure data quality, AMS will leverage the preexisting processes utilized across multiple grant programs administered through eFG. Additionally, our defined monitoring and reporting oversight will serve as verification safeguard. Data Quality and Transparency: In addition to the normal, multi-phase review and analysis conducted for grantee reports, AMS will adhere to the existing MRP Data Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act) Quality Plan. Not applicable.