Commodity Program Base Acre Update: Overlooked Issues

Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson and Jonathan Coppess

farmdoc daily, 2025, vol. 14, issue 110

Abstract: Current working public versions of both the House and Senate Farm Bills contain a voluntary base acre update option for farms with fewer base than planted acres. This article examines three little-discussed issues with this type of update: (1) length of the update window, (2) fairness for max FSA farms, and (3) wealth creation from adding base for non-based acres. Moreover, this type of update does not solve the underlying planting vs. base issue; it only temporarily resets it. The policy treadmill starts again with the crop year following the update period

Keywords: Agribusiness; Farm Program Analysis and Outlook; Farm Program Description; Gardner Policy Series (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.358496

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