 Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack added, Now under the program as we've designed it, farmers will receive payments at a 90% coverage of lost production retroactive to the date in March of 2024 of their first positive herd. To be eligible for H5N1 milk loss assistance under ELAB, the adult dairy cow must be the following. Must be part of a herd that has had a confirmed positive H5N1 test from the National Veterinary Services Laboratory.