2018 Farm Bill Online and Spreadsheet Tools
Gardner Program Payment Calculator (ARC/PLC)
The Gardner Payment Calculator provides estimates of expected payments and likelihood of payments for ARC-CO and PLC. Payment estimates are provided for the program years from 2019 to 2023. Users can select the state, county, and crop combination that they wish to consider.
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2018 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 are brought in for a user-specified state-county-crop combination. Users then can change 2018 through 2020 county yields and prices to see ARC-CO and PLC payments under those yields and prices.
As an alternative to the executable tool you can download the spreadsheet here.
The ARC/PLC Decision in December 2019
Yield Updating Decisions Under the 2018 Farm Bill
5-Minute farmdoc: 2018 Farm Bill What-If Tool
Accounts for the Gardner Payment Calculator
Using the Gardner ARC/PLC Payment Calculator
Commodity Title Choices and Payment Expectations
Program crops have dramatically different enrollments in the two major commodity title choices: Price Loss Coverage (PLC) and Agricultural Risk Coverage at the county level (ARC-CO). Soybeans has a high…
PLC and ARC-CO for Soybeans: Payments and Perspectives
We show payments for soybeans from Price Loss Coverage (PLC) and Agriculture Risk Coverage at the county level (ARC-CO) to aid in the deliberations over the next farm bill. Unlike…
ARC-CO: Background, Payments, and Perspectives for Corn
We provide background and county-level payments for Agricultural Risk Coverage at the county level (ARC-CO) for corn. Payments are shown after the 2018 Farm Bill was implemented in 2019 and…
2023 and 2024 Effective Reference Prices and the Next Farm Bill
The reference price escalator was introduced in the 2018 Farm Bill and uses effective reference prices to calculate Price Loss Coverage (PLC) payments. Effective reference prices can exceed statutory reference…
Mulling over Margin, Part 4: Lessons from Canada’s Whole-farm Margin Protection Program
Introduction High farm input costs, especially for fertilizer and fuel, have reinvigorated arguments for farm support programs where payments are triggered when the cost of production rises. Historically, cost of…
PLC and ARC Payment: 2021 Payments and Outlook for 2022 and 2023
The Farm Service Agency (FSA) recently released all the information necessary to calculate 2021 commodity title payments. For 2021, Price Loss Coverage (PLC) did not make payments for corn, soybeans,…
Mulling Over Margin, Part 3: Chasing the Cost of Production Across Regions
High input costs have reinvigorated arguments in Congress for farm support programs where payments are triggered when the cost of production rises. Historically, cost of production has been a focus…
Mulling Over Margin, Part 2: the “Elusive” Cost of Production
In policy, definitions matter. As part of a forthcoming Farm Bill, Congress may consider changes to farm programs to incorporate margins, expected to be defined as the difference between a…
A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Economic Perspectives on Title I Commodities
Note: This article is based on testimony given before the House Agricultural Committee Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management on June 9, 2022. Full video of the committee…
Reviewing the Latest CBO Farm Bill Baseline
Last week the Congressional Budget Office released its ten-year estimates for the mandatory farm bill programs for Commodities (Title I), Conservation (Title II), the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, Title…
Mapping the Farm Bill: Reviewing the CRP; Law, Land & History
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 is scheduled to expire in the 2023 calendar, crop, and fiscal years, initiating the reauthorization process on the legislative calendar. At this early stage…