December 5, 2014

Farm Bill Choi​ces​

​​​​​Webinar presentation by Purdue Economists Jim Mintert, Mike Boehlje & Michael Langemeier featuring a discussion of farm program choices that farmers and landowners need to make in early 2015. Programs discussed include ARC-County, PLC, and ARC-Individual, as well as base acreage reallocation and yield updating. Key considerations farmers should evaluate when making their program decisions are discussed.

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