Georgia Agricultural Policy

Factsheets

• American Relief Act of 2025: Economic Assistance for Georgia Crop Producers ~ February 2025
• Cover Crop Cost-Share Program Payments ~ September 2022
• Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments for Upland Cotton.  ~March 2020
• Upland Cotton Marketing Using MAL and LDP: Which Option is Better?  ~November 2020
• Understanding the Commodity Loan Programs for Major Row Crops in Georgia~ March 2020
  
• The 2018 Farm Bill PLC and ARC Decision: Implications for Georgia Producers  ~ November 2019
• Eligibility and Payments under the 2018 Farm Bill PLC and ARC Programs ~ November 2019
• Computing the PLC and ARC Safety Net Payments in the 2018 Farm Bill ~ November 2019
• Updating the Price Loss Coverage (PLC) Payment Yields in the 2018 Farm Bill -  October 2019
• Understanding the 2018 Farm Bill Effective Reference Price ~ July 2019, Revised:  Oct 01, 2019
• Cotton Payments, Disaster Assistance, and Safety Net Update ~ March 2019
  
• First Look at the Farm Bill Title I for Row Crops:  Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018  ~ Dec 21, 2018
• Implications of Hurricane Michael on the Seed Cotton ARC/PLC Selection Decision ~ Oct 30, 2018
• Prices and Payments Update:  Making the Generic Base Conversion Decision for Seed Cotton ~Aug 14, 2018
• House Ag Committee Farm Bill Proposal and Seed Cotton Program FSA Timeline ~May 14, 2018
• Understanding Your Generic Base Conversion Options with the Seed Cotton Program ~Feb 21, 2018
• Market Year Average Prices and Calculating Payments with the Seed Cotton PLC - Explains the basic workings of the new seed cotton program ~Feb 12, 2018
• Changes to the Dairy Margin Protection Program in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 - Overview of program changes for dairy producers ~Feb 11, 2018
• The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018: What Farmers and Landowners Need to Know about Cotton and Generic Base - Highlights critical components of the new cotton program and treatment of Generic Base ~Feb 9, 2018
• FAQ - Generic Base Seed Cotton

Presentations

• ARC-CO/PLC and Crop Insurance Decisions~ February 2025
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• Understanding Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments ~ Apr 2021
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• Texas A&M University ARC-CO/PLC Decision Aid ~ Feb 2021
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• Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2.0 – Additional Assistance and the Quality Loss Adjustment Program ~ Feb 2021
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• 2018 Cotton Seed ARC and PLC Comparison Decision Aid ~ Nov 2018

• Generic Base Conversion, Disaster Assistance, and Trade Mitigation Programs ~ Sep 10, 2018
  • ARC PLC Seed Cotton  
  • Seed Cotton Program Decision Aid
  • WHIP - 2017 Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program
  • Risk Management and Available Coverages
  • Agricultural Trade
  • MFP - Market Facilitation Program 
  • Food Purchase and Distribution Program and Trade Promotion Program
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• Overview of Generic Base and Seed Cotton Policy in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 ~Feb 2018
• Changes to Dairy Policy in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 ~Feb 2018
• Ag Policy Update within the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 ~Feb 2018

Tools & Decision Aids

• 2018 Seed Cotton (SC) Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) Comparison Decision Aid (SC-DA-2) ~ Nov 2018
• Seed Cotton Generic Base and Yield Update (Revised August 30, 2018)

External Links

• H.R.1892 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 - https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1892/text