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ARC and PLC payments reach $13.8 billion for 2025 crop year 

USDA expects $13.8 billion in gross ARC and PLC payments for the 2025 crop year, a record payout since the programs began. Read More

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Farmers urged to start thinking about ARC, PLC decisions

Farmer in tractor preparing land for sowing. (Adobe Stock │ #68259903 - oticki)
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Farmers urged to start thinking about ARC, PLC decisions

Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.

Economist: Net farm income expected to dip $4.3 billion

Seth Meyer, director, FAPRI-MU and associate professor, University of Missouri. (Journal photo by Kylene Scott.)

Numbers tell two stories about ag profitability

USDA

Landowners need to review Base Allocation Summary by Aug. 31

USDA launches Great American Cotton Plan to support growers, textile industry 

Justin Korver harvests corn in southeast Lancaster County in November 2023. Total farm receipts in Nebraska are projected to increase $731 million, to $33.37 billion, in 2025. (Courtesy photo.)

Policy experts: Finishing farm bill still important

Sara Wyant

Farmer ‘bridge’ payments are coming, but will they be enough?

The 2018 Farm Bill has expired, and OSU Extension’s Amy Hagerman says the expiration will result in both immediate changes as well as long-term shifts in the way producers run their operations. (Photo by Todd Johnson, OSU Agriculture).

On to a ‘skinny’ farm bill

Sara Wyant

What’s next for farm programs?