Panhandle Farm Bill Meetings, Round Two Announced

October 22, 2014

AMARILLO – Farmers and landowners in the Panhandle will have an opportunity to learn more about the farm bill in a second round of educational meetings conducted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. The series of meetings is cosponsered by the Texas Corn Producers, Texas Sorghum Producers, Texas Wheat Producers and the Plains Cotton Growers Associations.

The meetings will include FSA staff discussing farm bill provisions, sign-up requirements and deadlines. Farm program analysis will also be discussed by DeDe Jones or Steve Amosson, AgriLife Extension specialists. A demonstration of the online decision aid tool, developed by the Agricultural Food and Policy Center at Texas A&M University, will be performed using examples of producers who have already been through the decision aid.

All meetings are free and will start at 10:00 a.m. and will conclude at noon. An optional afternoon session will also be offered for producers wanting assistance in entering their data into the decision aid tool.

Those interested in the one-on-one assistance after lunch are asked to bring the following information (assistance in entering the data into the decision aid tool can not be performed without this information):

• FSA Reported Commodity Crop History Summary
• FSA 156 EZ Form (for those with cotton base only; not all producers will have this)
• 2014 Schedule of Insurance for all crops
• 2008-2012 Insurance APH History for all crops

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