Farm Bill

• USDA Trade Assistance Programs: 2019 Impacts on Georgia Producers

  August 2, 2019

  Last week the USDA announced the 2019 trade assistance payment rates for the Market Facilitation Program.  The attached publication contains the following helpful information: Details of the county based payment rate and potential maximum payments by county for non-specialty crops.  Most notably for Georgia this includes producers of cotton, peanuts, corn, soybeans, and wheat. Payment…

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• First Look at the Farm Bill Title I for Row Crops: Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018

  January 2, 2019

  By Yangxuan Liu* and Adam N. Rabinowitz* Download the PDF version of the factsheet. On December 11, 2018, the U.S. Senate passed the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill).  The U.S. House Representatives passed the same version on December 12, 2018.  The President of the United States is expected to sign the bill…

  Posted in: Economics, Farm Bill

• Farm Bill: Seed Cotton Program Making a Choice

  August 24, 2018

  Recently, we have gotten requests for information on prices and what payments would have been and might be with the new seed cotton program.

  Posted in: Cotton, Economics, Farm Bill