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Abstract
Dairy policy is a contentious part of farm bill negotiations. The dairy title of the next
farm bill has been discussed since 2009 with many novel policy proposals considered. This
research utilizes best-worst scenario analysis to analyze dairy farmer preferences for policy
options including eliminating existing dairy policies, implementing new dairy policies related to
income support and growth management, ending ethanol subsidies and ending all dairy policy
programs. Results indicate that large and small herds had differing preferences with large herds
overwhelmingly preferring to end ethanol subsidies while small herds preferred to implement
support for income over feed costs.