Program To Assist With Understanding Of The 2014 Farm Bill

December 28, 2014

Escambia County Extension is participating in a series of meetings to provide information and analysis to assist producers and landowners in understanding what’s required and to make decisions on the 2014 Farm Bill.

Meetings will be conducted by University of Florida agricultural economists John Van Sickle and Rod Clouser and the USDA Farm Service Agency.  A question and answer and discussion will be included.

Topics to be covered include:

  • Decisions to be made, who makes them and the timeline: multiple owner and producer issues
  • Opportunity to update payment yields: How it’s done
  • Crop history: Opportunity to reallocate base acres and how reallocation works
  • Choosing between PLC and ARC:  How each works and how they compare
  • Generic base: Assigning “covered commodities” to generic base
  • STAX:  The new safety net for cotton
  • Resources and decision-aids available to help make decisions

Dates and Locations:

Thursday, January 15, 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

  • Walnut Hill Community Center 7850 Florida 97, Walnut Hill
  • Contact Libbie Johnson, libbiej@ufl.edu (850) 475-5230

Friday, January 16, 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.,

  • Jay Community Center 5259 Booker Lane, Jay
  • Contact Mike Donahoe mcd@ufl.edu (850) 623-3868

Comments

One Response to “Program To Assist With Understanding Of The 2014 Farm Bill”

  1. BT on December 29th, 2014 3:25 pm

    I remember when it was as simple as grow stuff and then sell it. Now you gotta be a rocket scientist in government progams.

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