National Ag News

It’s likely the ARC and PLC programs will continue in the next farm bill, but farmers and lenders are calling for some changes to those commodity programs.

At last week’s farm bill hearing in Manhattan, Kansas, Kansas Soybean Association president Lucas Heinen said one of their big concerns is the disparity in ARC payments between counties.

“We do need to change the yields used under the program from NASS data to RMA data, when available, to minimize county-to-county discrepancies,” Heinen said.

Continue reading Farm program changes suggested at hearing at Brownfield Ag News.