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Our yields are higher then county averages, and our county is generally 1 of the higher in the state.
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If you have a FSA farm number that had 100% prevent plant in 2019 crop year you will want to look at ARC/IC program much higher payments than either of the other too programs.
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When I run the calculators for our farm/county, it looks like PLC for corn and ARC-CO for beans are the most likely best choice. Matter of fact, I can’t find a scenario where ARC will pay more than PLC on corn. On beans, the only scenario where PLC would pay more than ARC is if bean cash prices dropped really low (like $6.50ish).
Get the equations and formulas off the usda website and run low mid and high price and yield scenarios for each crop and each program. Usually, the best program for your operation will stand out.
We’re thinking PLC. Waiting a little longer to decide. We’re in Illinois and our yields are higher than county averages and were in a pretty high-yielding county.