March 15 Enrollment Deadline Approaching for ARC and PLC

Farmers considering enrolling in Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) for the 2022 crop year have until March 15 to sign a contract. ARC and PLC were authorized in the 2014 and 2018 Farm Bills and are key components of the farm safety net.

Producers are eligible to enroll farms with base acres for the following commodities: barley, canola, large and small chickpeas, corn, crambe, flaxseed, grain sorghum, lentils, mustard seed, oats, peanuts, dry peas, rapeseed, long grain rice, medium and short grain rice, safflower seed, seed cotton, sesame, soybeans, sunflower seed, and wheat.

Farmers can elect coverage and enroll in ARC-County or PLC, which are both crop-by-crop, or ARC-Individual, which is for the entire farm. Although election changes for 2022 are optional, producers must enroll through a signed contract each year. Also, if a producer has a multi-year contract on the farm and makes an election change for 2022, it will be necessary to sign a new contract. Farmers who do not complete enrollment by the deadline will not be enrolled in ARC or PLC for the 2022 crop year and will not receive a payment if triggered.

For more information on ARC and PLC, producers can visit the ARC and PLC webpage or contact their local USDA service center.