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ARC, PLC, ECAP signups going strong

A Farm Service Agency official says farmers are actively signing up for crop insurance and economic relief.

Wisconsin FSA’s Deputy Executive Director Tyler Radke tells Brownfield they’ve had a steady flow of farmers signing up for Ag Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage. “Wisconsin is actually quite a bit ahead of the national average with producers coming in and signing up. I think at this point already, we’re at 85% plus of what we did last time so yeah, a lot of interest in ARC-PLC.”

Radke says the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP) that was authorized by Congress late last year generated immediate interest from producers. “We have gotten a whole lot of activity. That program and within the first week plus, we’ve had I believe over 8,000 applications in Wisconsin and paid out 75-million plus. It’s been good to see. As I said, we exist here to help producers.”

The deadline to sign up for ARC or PLC is April 15^th.  Farmers can apply for the ECAP assistance until August 15^th.

Radke spoke to Brownfield during the WPS Farm Show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.