Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program (ODMAP)

FSA is providing financial assistance for a producer’s projected marketing costs in 2023 based on their 2022 costs. ODMAP provides a one-time cost-share payment based on marketing costs on pounds of organic milk marketed in the 2022 calendar year. 

ODMAP provides financial assistance that will immediately support certified organic dairy operations during 2023 keeping organic dairy operations sustainable until markets return to more normal conditions. 

Certified Organic Dairy Operations

A one-time cost-share payment, not a competitive grant — FSA pays on the organic milk you already marketed.

• Payment rate: "$1.68 per hundredweight compared to the previous $1.10 per cwt."

• Production cap: "the production cap has increased to nine million pounds compared to the previous five million pounds." Payment is calculated on marketed pounds up to that cap, so the cap — not a dollar ceiling — is what limits your payment.

• Basis: "a one-time cost-share payment based on marketing costs on pounds of organic milk marketed in the 2023 calendar year or estimated 2024 marketing costs for organic dairy operations that have increased milk production."

• No match or cost-share contribution is required from the producer, and no per-operation dollar cap is published on the FSA program page.

• What you have to do: produce milk from cows, sheep or goats; provide USDA organic certification; certify your 2023 organic milk marketed; and file form FSA-630 at your local FSA office.

FSA does not publish a dollar award floor or ceiling for ODMAP 2024 — the payment is purely rate x eligible pounds.

To apply, producers should contact FSA at their local USDA Service Center. To complete the ODMAP application, producers must certify to pounds of 2022 milk production, how documentation of their organic certification, and submit a completed application form. 

• FSA Dairy Programs webpage