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This is a one-time opportunity for producers to
update yields, which are used to calculate 2020 through 2023
payments.
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
in October 2021. Additionally, recently published updates to the
payment limitation and eligibility provisions for Farm Bill
programs do not impact payments from ARC and PLC for the 2019
crop year or the 2020 crop year.
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.
FSA published a final rule in August 2020 that made updates to
payments limitations and payment eligibility for programs, many
of which were directed by the 2018 Farm Bill. For ARC and PLC,
these updates will not take effect until 2021 crop payments that
will be made in October 2022.
For more information, reference resources, and decision tools,
visit farmers.gov/arc-plc or contact your FSA county office,
which can be located at farmers.gov/service-center-locator.
[USDA Farm Service Agency]
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