There is also, as always, likely to be debate on payment limits and payment eligibilityGeneric Base Seed Cotton Program TimelineThe Bipartisan Budget Act of authorized Seed Cotton as a covered commodity under Title I of the farm bill and eligible for ARC PLC effective with the crop year.

Whats New FSA and the Farm Bill Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) Programs Producers may make a new election to obtain either ARC or PLC for the crop year, which also will apply for the crop year Producers may change elections annually during the through crop years.

Seed cotton, a covered commodity since , is assigned a payment yield times the average lint yield for upland cottonAgriculture Risk Coverage (ARC)First introduced in the Farm Act, ARC pays producers with eligible historical base acres when their countys average per acre revenues for a covered commodity, based on realized

Producers are reminded that the annual enrollment process does NOT allow any change in the program election of ARC or PLC made for the crop yearsIn addition, Notice ARCPLC details the procedures and requirements for farm owners to update a farms crop yields for covered commodities for PLC program purposes.

Beginning with the Crop Draft Updated February , Program Seed Cotton is designated as a covered commodity eligible for Title I Price Loss Coverage (PLC) and Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) programs in the Farm Bill beginning with the cropThe Reference Price is set at

The farm bill provides an opportunity for growers to first re elect ARC or PLC coverage in on a commodity by commodity basis, effective for the and crop yearsThen, beginning in , growers will have an opportunity to make an annual re election of ARC or PLC for the three remaining crop years.

April , As mandated in the Bipartisan Budget Act of , seed cotton is now a covered commodity under the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs effective for the crop yearAs a result, producers with generic base acres will be allowed to convert to cotton base or allocate to other covered

Seed cotton (SC) became a covered commodity and eligible for ARC (Agricultural Risk Coverage) and PLC (Price Loss Coverage) effective with the cropthe last year of the farm billSeed cotton continues as a covered commodity in the new farm bill.

The Agriculture Improvement Act of ( Farm Bill) reauthorized the ARC and PLC programs with modifications for the through crop yearsThe ARC Program is an income support program that provides payments when actual crop revenue declines below a specified guarantee levelThe PLC Program

Effective with the crop, seed cotton is now a covered commodity under Title I of the farm bill and eligible for Price Loss Coverage (PLC) paymentsFor purposes of the legislation, seed cotton is unginned upland cottona combination of both cotton (lint) and cottonseed.