Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) & Price Loss Coverage (PLC)

The Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs were authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill.

Agriculture Loss Coverage-County (ARC-CO)

The ARC-CO program provides revenue loss coverage at the county level. ARC-CO payments are issued when the actual county crop revenue of a covered commodity is less than the ARC-CO guarantee for the covered commodity.

Price Loss Coverage (PLC)

PLC program payments are issued when the effective price of a covered commodity is less than the respective reference price for that commodity. The effective price equals the higher of the market year average price (MYA) or the national average loan rate for the covered commodity.

ARC-County Payment Rate Maps *Updated 10/23/2018*

• Corn 2014 and 2015 ARC-County Payment Rates  (PDF, 4 MB)
• Soybean 2014 and 2015 ARC-County Payment Rates (PDF, 3.4 MB)
• Wheat 2014 and 2015 ARC-County Payment Rates (PDF, 2.6 MB)
• Corn 2016 ARC-County Payment Rates (PDF, 3 MB)
• Soybean 2016 ARC-County Payment Rates (PDF, 3 MB)
• Wheat 2016 ARC-County Payment Rates (PDF, 3 MB) 
• Corn 2017 ARC-County Payment Rates (PDF, 4 MB)
• Soybean 2017 ARC-County Payment Rates (PDF, 4 MB)
• Wheat 2017 ARC-County Payment Rates (PDF, 4 MB)

ARC-County Revenue Maps *Updated 10/4/2016*

Revenue maps illustrate county crop revenues with and without ARC-CO payments for both the 2014- and 2015-crops.   Actual revenues for 2014 and 2015 are based on NASS season average market prices and NASS county yields.  (If the NASS county yield is not available, the RMA or state committee yield is used instead.)  The ARC-CO revenue guarantee is 86 percent of the benchmark revenue (based on the 5-year Olympic average of national prices and county yields).  For more information on the revenue guarantee calculations, see:  https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/arcplc_program/arcplc-program-data/index.  

• Corn ARC-County Revenue Maps (PDF, 3.3 MB)
• Soybean ARC-County Revenue Maps (PDF, 3.0 MB)
• Wheat ARC-County Revenue Maps (PDF, 3.3 MB)

Other Data *Updated 03/01/2019*

• 2017 ARC/PLC Payments as of March 1, 2019 2018 (PDF, 125 KB)
  • 2017 County Level Payment Data (Excel, 1 MB)
• 2016 ARC/PLC Payments as of April 5, 2018 (PDF, 98 KB)
  • 2016 County Level Payment Data (Excel, 1 MB)
• 2015 ARC/PLC Payments as of February 2, 2017 (PDF, 114 KB)
  • 2015 County Level Payment Data (Excel, 1 MB)
• 2014 ARC/PLC Payments as of September 30, 2016 (PDF, 113 KB)
  • 2014 County Level Payment Data (Excel, 1 MB)
• 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 ARC-County Yields, Revenue, and Payment Rates and 2018 Benchmark Yields and Revenues as of March 8, 2019 (Excel, 6 MB)
  
• 2015 and 2014 Crops planted on Generic base Acres Oct 24 2016 
• 2014 and 2015 base acres by County 
• ARC/PLC Election Data

Resources

• Program Definitions
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Web Tools
• • National Association of Agricultural and Food Policy (NAAFP) led by the Food and Agricultural Policy Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri, and the Agricultural and Food Policy Center (AFPC) at Texas A&M University. https://usda.afpc.tamu.edu/
  • National Coalition for Producer Education (NCPE), led by the University of Illinois. http://farmdoc.illinois.edu/pubs/FASTtool.asp?category=risk
• En Espanol Web Tool
• • Centro de Politica Agropecuaria y Alimentos de Texas A&M University https://usda.afpc.tamu.edu/