Authored by: Carl Zulauf, Seungki Lee, and David Marrison, Ohio State University, May 2025
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This paper provides estimates of expected payments by the ARC-CO (Agriculture Risk Coverage – County version) and PLC (Price Loss Coverage) commodity programs for the 2024 crop year.
Official payment rates are expected in October 2025. They can deviate notably from estimates as final prices and yields are yet known. Prices and yields, particularly for ARC-CO, are in a range where small changes can cause large changes in payment rates. Use the estimates with caution.
The estimates use 2024 crop year program parameters from USDA, FSA (US Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency), and the latest available data for 2024 market year price estimates from USDA, FSA, and county yield estimates from USDA, NASS (National Agricultural Statistics Service). Continue reading 2024 Farm Commodity Program Payment Estimates for Ohio Counties as of May 2025