Base Acre Update Occurs for 2026 Crop Year
2025 payments will still be based on original base acres
In our previous two posts we had discussed the up to 30 million acre increase in base acres. Section 10302 of the Big Beautiful Bill deals with this increase and how it will be calculated.
However, in our previous posts we discussed the increase perhaps applying to the 2025 ARC or PLC payments and this increase will not start until the 2026 crop year.
Therefore, the 2025 ARC and PLC will continue to be paid based on your current base acres and the increase will start in 2026.