P.C. FSA and MSU Extension Farm Bill Meeting

The Phillips County FSA and MSU Extension have scheduled a Farm Bill meeting in Malta on November 25, to be held in the Phillip County Library starting at 1 p.m. . Agricultural producers are encouraged to attend the meeting and RVSPs are not needed to attend.

USDA Farm Service Agency and Montana State University Extension will conduct a meeting to discuss important new programs authorized by the Agricultural Act of 2014. These meetings will focus on the Price Loss Coverage (PLC) and Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) administered by FSA and the Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO) administered by RMA through federal crop insurance providers. MSU Extension will explain the new online Farm Bill Decision Tool that is available at http://fsa.usapas.com/Default.aspx to assist producers in understanding their options for their operations.

The 2014 Farm Bill authorizes three FSA program election options: PLC, ARC-County (ARC-CO) and ARC-Individual (ARC-IC). Producers must make a one-time decision to retain or reallocate crop bases, to retain or update program payment yields and select the type of coverage (price protection, county revenue protection, and/or individual revenue protection) for the 2014-18 crop years.