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December 11th is the deadline for producers to sign up for the 26th edition of the ARC program or the PLC, Price Loss Coverage. Producers must enroll through a signed contract each year. Previous year’s contracts ended in 2025, but producers now have the option to sign a new multi-year contract for 26 to 31. They just got a check …
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has announced that USDA will make available eight billion dollars for one-time payments to farmers this harvest season. It’ll provide relief during temporary market disruptions and increased input costs. Producers of non-title commodities also will receive part of these funds. It’s called the eight-billion-dollar payment provided through the harvest fuel relief program authorized under the …
Changes to the ARC and PLC programs aim to boost support for producers. Farm Service Agency Deputy Administrator Jared Hagert describes the ways in which the Working Families Tax Cuts Act updates are resulting in record producer payments. “The Working Family Tax Cut Act also increased payment limits from $125,000 to $155,000 starting with the 2025 crop year, and there …
From Washington, the House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn G.T. Thompson from Pennsylvania and Senate Committee Chairman John Boozman of Arkansas said they are championing the vital investments of $13.8 billion in the Farm Safety Net program through the Working Families Tax Cuts that are being administered by the Farm Service Agency. They issued a statement saying that farming is …
With the recent program updates to ARC and PLC, some producers may want to find out more information. Undersecretary Richard Fordyce tells us where to go to learn more. “What I would do is just direct people to the Farm Service Agency. You can go, there’s a number of websites. If you wanted to Google ARC and PLC sign-up dates …
With the new updates and acreage additions to the ARC and PLC programs, some livestock producers may wonder what this means for them. Southeast AgNet sat down with Undersecretary Richard Fordyce to hear more. “There’s a lot actually going on with ARC and PLC right now. We’re going to actually be issuing payments for the 2025 crop. We’ll do that …
Well, the peanut farm group is moving forward with the U.S. peanut crop. Pegging now is 84 to 85 percent across the network. The five-year average is 84. Crop conditions show one percent very poor, five percent poor, 30 percent fair, 56 good, and eight percent excellent. We’re showing across the peanut belt that rain is needed, hoping it’ll come …
Farmers need to be ready to report their acreage that they planted this year by July 15th at the Farm Service Agency. The Farm Service Agency each year collects that information. It’s a major deadline for most crops, so you can participate in any of the programs, but acreage reporting deadlines may vary in some counties and others in states …
The USDA Farm Service Agency is highlighting the expanded payment limitations and eligibility provisions affecting their program payments. We caught up with Richard Fordyce, Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation, to learn more. “You know, the One Big Beautiful Bill, it’s now been almost a year since that was signed into law, but as you know, because we’ve talked about …
Through language in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, an increase in base acreage addition and allocation is set to be underway. Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation, Richard Fordyce explains how the USDA works to determine additional base acreage for farm safety net programs. “30 million additional base acres will be allocated across the country, and right now, …
