By Kent Thiesse
The Farmer
The deadline to sign-up for the 2022 farm program is March 15 at local USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices throughout the United States. Beginning in 2021 and continuing through 2023, farm program choices (PLC, ARC-CO or ARC-IC) can be made on an annual basis for each crop in a given marketing year. This allows producers to choose or switch their farm program choices on each FSA farm unit for a given year. Eligible producers are able to choose between the price-only Price Loss Coverage and revenue-based Ag Risk Coverage program choices. The ARC program choice includes both the county-yield based ARC-CO program choice and the ARC-IC program, which is based on farm-level yields.