Alternatives to a State-Based ACRE Program: Expected Payments Under a National, Crop District, or County Base

Christine Arriola , Robert Dismukes , Keith H. Coble , David Ubilava , and Joseph Cooper

United States Department of Agriculture

关键词: Average Crop Revenue Election;    ACRE;    commodity support;    crop revenue variability;    farm risk management;   

RP-ID  :  ERR-126

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: United States Department of Agriculture Publications

【 摘 要 】

The Average Crop Revenue Election, or ACRE, program is a commodity support program that bases coverage on aggregate State-level and individual farm-level revenue variability. Changing the level of aggregation from State to one closer to the farm level-Crop Reporting District or county-would generally increase payments. This report models how expected payments and the level of risk reduction from programs triggered at alternative levels would vary across crops-corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, grain sorghum, and rice. It also considers how benefits from the alternative revenue programs would vary relative to benefits from direct payment and price-based commodity programs.