Prevent plant acres remain a big unknown. Risk Management Agency Administrator Martin Barbre told the Red River Farm Network the USDA is looking at dollars, not acres at this time. “We’re at more than $2.5 billion in paid claims for the 2019 crop year, about $2.3 billion is related to flooding and moisture,” said Barbre. “Claims are still coming in. We’ve been averaging half a million each week of claims. We expect that number to grow.” The Market Facilitation Program 2.0 was also discussed in the RRFN forum at the Big Iron Farm Show. Kathy Sayers, the chief of staff for FSA Administrator Richard Fordyce, said payments are going out as quickly as possible. The MFP 2.0 formula is a little more complicated than the first MFP. County rates also vary. “There’s been lots of love mail on that,” said Sayers. North Dakota Farm Service Agency State Executive Director Brad Thykeson was also part of this forum. Listen to the session.
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