McLean County Farm Bureau

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• Impacts of Higher Premium Support Rates on ECO Performance
  For 2025, the Risk Management Agency (RMA) has increased the premium support rate for the Enhanced Coverage Option (ECO) from 44% of the total premium to 65%. As a result, farmers will pay less for premiums in 2025 and the following years. We evaluate the impact of the increase in ECO’s subsidy rate on farmer-paid […]
• Reviewing the Latest Ad Hoc Payment Proposal in Congress
  Since the tariff and trade conflicts that began in 2018, through the pandemic relief assistance efforts in 2020, American farmers have received an unusual amount of ad hoc and supplemental…
• Long-Term Trends in Pigs per Litter
  Pigs per litter has increased at a rate of 0.107 pigs per year since 1994. Another way of stating the same thing, the annual growth rate of pigs per litter in the U.S. was 1.1 percent from 1994 to 2023. Continued improvements in production performance will help ensure the U.S. swine industry remains competitive.