New Hampshire Dairy Producer Drought Relief Program
Section 184:114
184:114 Calculation of Payment. –
I. The homegrown cost of feed shall be $6.10 per hundredweight of milk produced.
II. To arrive at the amount to be paid to the producer, the cost of feed in paragraph I shall be multiplied by the percentage of homegrown feed loss in 2016 over either the year 2015 due to drought or the year 2014 due to drought, at the producer's discretion, and that product shall be multiplied further by the producer's total milk production in hundredweight of milk produced in 2016. There shall be subtracted from that amount any drought-related payments received by the producer from the federal government.
III. Proof of loss shall be in the form of a notice of loss or other typical documentation of loss from a competent authority, including but not limited to such agencies as the United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency or crop insurance agent.
IV. If the amount appropriated for dairy producer drought relief by the general court is insufficient to pay each producer entirely and in whole in the manner as outlined in this section, any such final distribution shall be prorated and reduced proportionally for the benefit of all the producer applicants. The reduced amount shall then be distributed accordingly.
V. Any unexpended funds, after final distribution, shall be returned to the general fund.
VI. Should a producer cease to be a producer for any reason on or before December 31, 2020, the producer shall reimburse the state the entire amount paid to the producer under this program. The department of health and human services, dairy sanitation program (dairy sanitation) shall provide the department of justice a list of all permitted or licensed dairies. This list shall be provided on December 31 of each year from 2017 through 2020. Should the department of justice find that any producer is no longer permitted or licensed under this chapter by dairy sanitation then the department of justice shall collect reimbursement for the state of the amount paid to the producer.
VII. The administration and distribution of any funds appropriated for the purposes of this subdivision shall be administered by the department, which shall be exempt from the provisions of RSA 541-A.