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Farm Bill Decision Aid Tool Meeting — Roscoe
10/14/2014 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will offer a free farm bill decision-aid program for producers from 10 a.m.- noon Oct. 14 at the Roscoe Coop Gin in Roscoe.
Zach Wilcox, AgriLife Extension agent in Nolan County, said the program is meant to help producers through the new farm bill’s decision-making process. The program training will be done by Bill Thompson, AgriLife Extension economist at San Angelo. The training is structured to define both the programs available to producers, including Price Loss Coverage (PLC) and Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC). Base acre and yield update options will also be covered, as well as the data needed to complete the decision-making process.
The new farm bill addressing cotton won’t be in place until 2015, but most farmers need to enroll acreage into one of the programs (PLC or ARC).
The training will introduce an online decision-aid available to producers that was developed in part by the Agricultural and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M University, College Station. The decision aid simplifies the analysis needed to choose between the PLC and ARC coverages.
For more information, contact Wilcox at 325-236-6912, s-wilcox@tamu.edu .