February 16, 2015

2014 Farm Bill Questions

Analysis of key decisions farmers and landowners need to make regarding their participation in programs available under the 2014 Farm Bill. Roman Keeney, Jim Mintert & Michael Langemeier discuss base acreage reallocation, ARC-County, PLC and ARC-Individual programs. Includes a demonstration of spreadsheet tool that compares expected returns from both ARC-County and PLC programs.

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