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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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Tracking U.S. Food Supply Chains Through Recent Shocks – Part 2
The domestic US food supply chain is vital in connecting farms, businesses, and consumers across the country and beyond. Events such as pandemics, trade disputes, floods, and droughts can disrupt…
Initial 2025 FSA Yields and ARC-CO for Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat
The Farm Service Agency (FSA) of the USDA has released some final county yields for the 2025 crop year. Based on the USDA’s latest estimates for the 2025 marketing year average prices for corn and soybeans, the county yields suggest ARC-CO payments will be widespread with about half of counties triggering payments and many counties triggering the maximum payment. Reported yields and the final MYA price for wheat indicate ARC-CO payments in more than 80% of counties, with over half of counties triggering the maximum payment rate.
The Central Crop Safety Net Issue: When Should a Loss be a Loss?
Over the last 50 years, the private market has not covered the cost to produce the nine crops for which USDA (US Department of Agriculture) computes a cost of production…
Tracking U.S. Food Supply Chains Through Recent Shocks– Part 1
Agri-food supply chains can be disrupted by more than production shocks. Transportation, trade, processing, labor, and demand can also affect how food moves. From 2018 to 2022, the United States…
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Oklahoma Reaches New Settlement with Poultry Companies in Decades-Long Pollution Case
Meatingplace’s Chris Moore reported that, “Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced a nearly $44 million settlement resolving the state’s 21-year lawsuit against six poultry companies accused of contributing to nutrient…
House Reconciliation Bill Could Include $11 Billion in Farm Aid
Politico’s Meredith Lee Hill and Kelsey Brugger reported that “House Republican leaders and White House officials are coalescing around a roughly $80 billion policy package as they prepare for a…
USDA Revises Beef Export Data, Lowers Sales by 90%
Reuter’s Tom Polansek reported that, “the U.S. Department of Agriculture dramatically lowered its reported beef export sales on Thursday, sparking fresh concerns about the quality of the agency’s data after…
FTC Settlement Secures Right to Repair for Farmers
The New York Times’ Emmett Lindner reported that, “for decades, American farmers dealing with malfunctioning John Deere equipment were left with few options for repairs. The company allowed only authorized…
NCGA Study Finds Input Costs Higher for US Farmers Than Brazilian Counterparts
AgWeb’s Margy Eckelkamp and Tyne Morgan reported that, “for years, U.S. farmers have argued they face higher production costs than competitors such as Brazil while selling into the same global…
China Resumes Soybean Purchases as Trade Thaw Continues
Mississippi Today’s Cassandra Stephenson reported that, “crops are in the ground, the weather is cooperating, soybean prices are up slightly from 2025, and China — the biggest buyer of U.S.…