The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the 2025 enrollment periods for key safety-net programs – Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) as well as Dairy Margin ...

USDA is projecting that close to 30 percent of the 2026 average net farm income for U.S. farmers will come from government ...

Farm management analyst Kent Thiesse shares a summary of current and potential farm program payments for 2026.

Agricultural producers who have not yet enrolled in the Agriculture Risk Coverage or Price Loss Coverage programs for the 2025 crop year have until April 15 to revise elections and sign contracts.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that beginning today, many of the 1.7 million farms that enrolled in either the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) ...

With the advent of much lower corn and soybean market prices during 2024, together with reduced corn and soybean yields in some areas, many farmers and ag lenders are now wondering what the impact ...

WASHINGTON -- USDA’s Farm Service Agency encourages agricultural producers to enroll now in the Agriculture Risk Loss and Price Loss Coverage programs. March 15 is the enrollment deadline for the 2019 ...

Enrollment for Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) is now open, and a new detailed report from Terrain shows ARC and PLC will offer higher support, for some, in 2025. With ...

Free tool helps growers choose between USDA PLC and ARC programs. As the deadline approaches for growers to select between USDA safety net programs, University of Missouri’s Rural and Farm Finance ...

The April 9 USDA World Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report did not include any significant changes to supply or demand, compared other recent WASDE reports. The 2025-26 projected ending stocks ...

The Vernon County Farm Service Agency, along with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Division of Extension are hosting Agriculture Risk Coverage/Price Loss Coverage (ARC/PLC) informational meetings ...