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Farm Bill What-If Tool
This program calculates Agricultural Risk Coverage for County Coverage (ARC-CO), Price Loss Coverage (PLC) payments, and ARC at the Individual Level (ARC-IC). County yields and market year average (MYA) prices…
ECO/SCO Payment Estimator
Farm Projection Tool
This program calculates per-acre budgets for different crops and a whole farm budget and includes breakevens. Projected financial statements and return sensitivities are available. The effects of farm level crop…
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Insured Acres, Base Acres, and the Farm Bill’s Crop Risk Assistance
The US farm bill crop safety net targets two risks. Crop insurance targets production-period low yield and revenue risk. Commodity programs target multiple-year low price and revenue risk. A farm…
Pesticide Problems, Part 2: Legislative History of the 1972 Amendments
Between a recent Supreme Court decision and controversial provisions in the unfinished Farm Bill considered in the House, normally obscure pesticide regulations have garnered an unusual amount of attention lately…
Timely Payments: The Case for Commodity Programs That Pay at Harvest
Since 2019, ARC-CO (Agriculture Risk Coverage – county version) and PLC (Price Loss Coverage) payments have approximately followed market returns: large when market losses are large and small when markets…
Crop Insurance Loss Performance and Impacts on Farmer Net Support by Crop
A recent farmdoc daily article (July 21, 2026) provided an analysis of the performance of the federal crop insurance program in 2025, discussing how it was “typical” when compared to…
Rethinking Phosphorus and Potassium, Part 2: Grain Removal Values
Soil Testing Strategies As discussed in part 1 of this series (see farmdoc daily article from June 29, 2026), grain removal rates are foundational to phosphorus (P) and potassium (K)…
Latest Farm Policy News Articles
US Cropland Tops $6,000 per Acre for First Time in 2026
U.S. farmland values continued to rise this year, with the average value of cropland topping $6,000 for the first time, while pastureland reached $2,000 an acre. Overall, farm real estate…
USDA to Fund $25 Million Sterile Fly Facility in Arizona
Reuter’s Tom Polansek reported that, “the U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend $25 million on a facility in Arizona to disperse sterile flies used to combat the flesh-eating livestock pest…
Farmers Spent $1.4 Billion More on Diesel During Planting Season
Successful Farming’s Mariah Squire reported that, “a new study by Joint Economic Committee Democrats found that farmers of key crops in the U.S. spent $1.4 billion more on diesel fuel…
Corn Conditions Drop Amid Heatwave
AgWeb’s Tyne Morgan reported that, “triple-digit heat indices swept across the Midwest and Plains late last week and into the weekend, and the damage is already showing up in the…
House Adopts Budget Proposal for Package with $12 Billion in Farm Aid
Progressive Farmer’s Jake Zajkowski reported that, “the House of Representatives passed a $95 billion budget resolution Wednesday along party lines that would direct up to $12 billion in aid to…