Average Crop Revenue Election program

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The Average Crop Revenue Election program is a U.S. farm support initiative that provided revenue-based risk protection to crop producers as an alternative to traditional price-based subsidy programs.

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instanceOf United States federal agricultural program
farm income support program
administeredBy Farm Service Agency NERFINISHED
United States Department of Agriculture
alsoKnownAs ACRE program NERFINISHED
appliesTo crop producers
program crops
basedOn revenue
benefitType revenue deficiency payment
category United States Department of Agriculture programs
United States federal subsidies for agriculture
compensationTrigger when actual revenue falls below a guaranteed level
country United States of America
surface form: United States
designedDuring period of high commodity prices in the mid-2000s
electionIs irrevocable for the farm for the life of the 2008 farm bill
enactedBy United States Congress
endTime 2013
fundedBy Commodity Credit Corporation NERFINISHED
geographicLevel state and farm levels
goal to provide revenue stability to farmers
to shift support from price-based to revenue-based mechanisms
hasAbbreviation ACRE NERFINISHED
hasCriterion farm-level revenue benchmark
state-level revenue guarantee
hasEffect reduced counter-cyclical payments
reduced direct payments
reduced marketing loan benefits
isOptional true
legalBasis Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 NERFINISHED
oversightBy United States Congress agriculture committees NERFINISHED
United States Government Accountability Office NERFINISHED
partOf 2008 U.S. farm bill NERFINISHED
policyDomain agricultural risk management
farm income stabilization
policyType counter-cyclical revenue support
provides revenue-based risk protection
relatedTo Direct and Counter-cyclical Payment program NERFINISHED
crop insurance programs in the United States
replacedBy Agricultural Risk Coverage program NERFINISHED
Price Loss Coverage program NERFINISHED
replaces traditional price-based subsidy programs
requires producer enrollment and election at the farm level
scope commodity crops such as corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, and rice
startTime 2009
targetGroup commercial crop farms
terminatedBy Agricultural Act of 2014 NERFINISHED
usesData farm-level planted acreage
national average market prices
state average yields

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Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 createsProgram Average Crop Revenue Election program