Farm Bill

• 2014 Farm Bill Meetings

  November 25, 2014

  

  Please make plans to attend one of these meetings.

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• UGA Ag Economists Offer Insights Into how the Farm Bill will Affect Georgians

  February 7, 2014

  Below is an article from Growing Georgia that was written by Clint Thompson. Friday, February 7th, 2014 Georgia farmers can no longer bank on subsidized payments from the federal government. Due to the new farm bill, which passed the Senate on Tuesday, the farm subsidies that are issued annually to producers around the country have been eliminated,…

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• More Information Concerning the 2014 Farm Bill

  February 7, 2014

  

  Here’s some information concerning the 2014 Farm Bill, put together by UGA Extension Ag Economists,  Nathan Smith and Don Shurley.    

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• 2014 Farm Bill

  February 5, 2014

  

  2014 Farm Bill: Bases National Center for Peanut Competitiveness February 1, 2014 1. Potential payments for the Price Loss Coverage (PLC) and the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) programs are paid on the farm’s bases associated with a covered commodity.  2. Covered commodities are wheat, oats, and barley (including wheat, oats, and barley used for haying…

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• 2013 Farm Bill Update

  September 4, 2013

  

    Don Shurley and Nathan Smith Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics University of Georgia The 2008 farm bill originally expired in 2012 but Congress failed to complete action to legislate new law to begin in 2013. The 2008 farm bill was instead extended for an additional year (through September 2013). Congress now still faces…

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