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American Farm Bureau is asking for “tweaks” to the Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) program in the next farm bill.

Farm Bureau’s director of market intelligence, John Newton, says they want ARC to be fair and effective for all farmers.

“We’ve seen county-to-county disparities that have occurred and resulted in program payments in one county and no program payments in an adjacent county,” Newton says. “So we need to find a way to make ARC County more equitable across those political boundaries.

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