National Ag News

The president of the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) says current federal commodity support programs must be tweaked before reauthorization in the next Farm Bill.

During a House Ag Subcommittee hearing on general farm commodities and risk management Tuesday, Kansas farmer David Schemm spoke about his personal experience utilizing both the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs.

“One issue we encountered during implementation was disparities in payment rates in the ARC-county program between neighboring counties. 

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