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  1. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Chris Clayton

    USDA Opens ARC/PLC Enrollment for 2026 Crops (opens the original)

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    GRAND ISLAND, Neb., (DTN) -- Farmers can enroll their base acres for Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) for their 2026 crops. USDA announced enrollment began Sept. 16 for the 2026 crop year and will run through Dec. 11. USDA also will open ARC/PLC enrollment for the 2027 crop year from. Nov. 2 through March 15, 2027. As part of the enrollment, producers who added base acres will also be allowed to enroll those acres. USDA added more than 30 million base acres to the c

  2. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Chris Clayton

    Farmers, Conservationists Mourn the Loss of Iowa Corn, Soybean Farmer Ray Gaesser (opens the original)

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    This article was originally posted at 4:03 p.m. CDT on Saturday, Sept. 5. It was last updated with funeral and visitation information at 2:28 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 8. OMAHA (DTN) -- Tributes, along with messages of shock and dismay, poured in Saturday as Iowans, farmers and conservation advocates from around the country heard about Ray Gaesser's death after an accident on his southwest Iowa farm. Gaesser spent nearly five decades building an Iowa farm while becoming a national agricultural lead

  3. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · Chris Clayton

    USDA Official: ARC, PLC Payments Will Be Significantly Higher and on Time (opens the original)

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    BOONE, Iowa (DTN) -- Farmers expecting Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage (ARC and PLC) payments this fall should not see payment disruptions, while USDA also has the funds available to make annual Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) rental payments, a senior USDA official said Wednesday. Richard Fordyce, USDA undersecretary for Farm Production and Conservation, spoke about ARC, PLC and CRP payments in an interview with DTN at the Farm Progress Show. Fordyce said the Commodity Cred

  4. Article · Aug 28, 2026 · Chris Clayton

    Trump Wants Farmers, Ranchers to Process Their Own Beef to Challenge Big Four Packers (opens the original)

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    OMAHA (DTN) -- President Donald Trump on Friday said he wants to give farmers and ranchers more authority to process their own meat, pitching the move as a strategy to challenge the control of the Big Four packing firms. On Truth Social, Trump said, "Ranchers and Farmers have always been a number one priority for me. They work very hard, are smart, efficient, and immaculately CLEAN, but for years I have heard that they have had a tremendous problem with the Big Processors, who many say are a nas

  5. Article · Aug 27, 2026 · Chris Clayton

    Trump Administration's H-2A Farmworker Wage Rule Struck Down by Federal Judge (opens the original)

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    This article was originally published at 8:11 a.m. CDT on Thursday, Aug. 27. It was updated with additional information at 3:06 p.m. CDT on Thursday, Aug. 27. OMAHA (DTN) -- A federal judge in California on Wednesday invalidated a Trump administration rule that could potentially lower wages to foreign guest workers by as much as a projected $2.46 billion annually. The National Council of Agricultural Employers (NCAE) said the ruling reignites an "existential threat" to farmers and their ability

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