摘要：It is a new era for Minnesota’s feedgrain and wheat producers. Last year’s Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform (FAIR) Act—the farm bill—calls for commodity program payments to be “decoupled” from market prices for at least the next six years. Instead of getting more federal payments when crop prices decline, and less when prices strengthen, each eligible producer will now receive a fixed, annual production flexibility contract (PFC) payment. The FAIR Act also removes the possibility of special disaster relief programs to protect farm income in years when crops are destroyed by flood or drought.
