Price Loss Coverage program

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The Price Loss Coverage program is a U.S. farm support program that provides payments to producers when market prices for covered commodities fall below legislatively set reference prices.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. agricultural support program
farm income support program
administeredBy Farm Service Agency NERFINISHED
United States Department of Agriculture
basedOn legislatively set reference prices
beneficiary producers of covered commodities
commodityType covered commodities
country United States of America
surface form: United States
doesNotDependOn current-year planted acreage for most covered commodities
enrollment voluntary for eligible producers
fundingSource Commodity Credit Corporation NERFINISHED
includesCommodity barley
canola
corn
crambe
dry peas
flaxseed
grain sorghum
large chickpeas
lentils
long grain rice
medium grain rice
mustard seed
oats
peanuts
rapeseed
safflower
seed cotton
sesame seed
small chickpeas
soybeans
sunflower seed
wheat
legalBasis Agricultural Act of 2014 NERFINISHED
Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 NERFINISHED
offersChoiceWith Agricultural Risk Coverage program NERFINISHED
paymentBasis historical base acres
payment yields
paymentTiming after the end of the marketing year
paymentType counter-cyclical payment
policyGoal to mitigate the impact of low commodity prices
to stabilize farm income
provides price-based deficiency payments
purpose to provide income support to agricultural producers when market prices are low
referencePriceType statutory reference price
relatedProgram Agricultural Risk Coverage program
replaced Direct and Counter-cyclical Payment Program NERFINISHED
scope national U.S. farm program
startDate 2014
targetGroup producers of covered commodities on eligible base acres
triggerCondition market price falls below reference price

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Agricultural Act of 2014 createdProgram Price Loss Coverage program