USDA
Provides One-Time Extension of Deadline to Update Base Acres or
Yield History for ARC/PLC Programs
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[March 30, 2015]
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack
announced today that a one-time extension will be provided to
producers for the new safety-net programs established by the 2014
Farm Bill, known as Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss
Coverage (PLC). The final day to update yield history or reallocate
base acres has been extended one additional month, from Feb. 27,
2015 until March 31, 2015. The final day for farm owners and
producers to choose ARC or PLC coverage also remains March 31, 2015.
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If no changes are made to yield history or base acres by March
31, 2015, the farm's current yield and base will be used. A
program choice of ARC or PLC coverage also must be made by March
31, 2015, or there will be no 2014 payments for the farm and the
farm will default to PLC coverage through the 2018 crop year.
Nationwide, more than 2.9 million educational postcards, in
English and Spanish, have been sent to producers, and over 4,100
training sessions have been conducted on the new safety-net
programs. The online tools, available at www.fsa.usda.gov/arc-plc,
allow producers to explore projections on how ARC or PLC
coverage will affect their operation under possible future
scenarios.
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Covered commodities include barley, canola, large and small
chickpeas, corn, crambe, flaxseed, grain sorghum, lentils, mustard
seed, oats, peanuts, dry peas, rapeseed, long grain rice, medium
grain rice (which includes short grain rice), safflower seed,
sesame, soybeans, sunflower seed and wheat. Upland cotton is no
longer a covered commodity.
To learn more, farmers can contact their local Farm Service Agency
county office. To find your local office visit http://offices.usda.gov.
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