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 The deadline is September 30, 2020, to update yields, which are
used to calculate the PLC payments for 2020 through 2023.
Additionally, producers who elected Agriculture Risk Coverage
(ARC) should also consider updating their yields.
Updating yields requires the signature of one owner on a farm
and not all owners. If a yield update is not made, no action is
required to maintain the existing base crop yield on file with
FSA.
For program payments, updated yields will apply beginning with
the 2020 crop year which, should payments trigger, will be paid
out in October of 2021.
Determining Yield Updates
The updated yield will be equal to 90% of the average yield per
planted acre in crop years 2013-2017. That excludes any year
where the applicable covered commodity was not planted and is
subject to the ratio obtained by dividing the 2008-2012 average
national yield by the 2013-2017 average national yield for the
covered commodity.
The chart below provides the ratio obtained by this calculation.
|
Covered Commodity |
National Yield Factor |
|
Barley |
0.9437 |
|
Canola |
0.9643 |
|
Chickpeas, Large |
1.0000 |
|
Chickpeas, Small |
0.9760 |
|
Corn |
0.9000 |
|
Crambe |
1.0000 |
|
Flaxseed |
1.0000 |
|
Grain Sorghum |
0.9077 |
|
Lentils |
1.0000 |
|
Mustard Seed |
0.9460 |
|
Oats |
0.9524 |
|
Peanuts |
0.9273 |
|
Peas, Dry |
0.9988 |
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|
Covered Commodity |
National Yield Factor |
|
Rapeseed |
1.0000 |
|
Rice, Long |
0.9330 |
|
Rice, Medium |
0.9887 |
|
Rice, Temp Japonica |
0.9591 |
|
Safflower |
1.0000 |
|
Seed Cotton |
0.9000 |
|
Sesame Seed |
0.9673 |
|
Soybeans |
0.9000 |
|
Sunflower Seed |
0.9396 |
|
Wheat |
0.9545 |
If the reported yield in any year is less than 75
percent of the 2013-2017 average county yield, the yield will be
substituted with 75 percent of the county average yield.
More information
PLC yields may be updated on a covered commodity-by-covered
commodity basis by submitting FSA form CCC-867 to include a farm
owner’s signature.
For more information, reference resources, and decision tools, visit
farmers.gov/arc-plc. Contact your local FSA county office for
assistance at farmers.gov/service-center-locator
[ USDA Farm Service Agency] |
