MILC defines “catastrophic” by Class III milk prices only
2008 = $0 MILC payments because of high milk price
Look at 2002, 2003, 2006 average margins were lower than in 2008, but producers received large MILC payments
DPMPP defines “catastrophic” as average price margin below $4.00/CWT
MILC not proportionate to the catastrophe that struck the industry in 2009