The USDA announced 2025 enrollment periods for Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC), Price Loss Coverage (PLC) and Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC). The USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) will accept applications for ARC and PLC from January 21 to April 15. Enrollment for DMC will run from January 29 to March 31. If producers do not submit their election revision by the April 15 deadline, their election remains the same as their 2024 election for commodities on the farm from the prior year. The American Relief Act, 2025 extended many Farm Bill-authorized programs for another year, including ARC and PLC as well as DMC.

ARC and PLC protect farmers from substantial drops in crop prices of revenues. Producers can elect coverage and enroll in ARC-County (ARC-CO) or PLC, which provide crop-by-crop protection, or ARC-Individual (ARC-IC), which protects the entire farm. Although election changes for 2025 are optional, producers must enroll through a signed contract each year. Also, if a producer has a multi-year contract on the farm it will continue for 2025 unless an election change is made. Farm owners cannot enroll in either program unless they have a share interest in the cropland

Commodities that can be covered include barley, canola, chickpeas, corn, crambe, flaxseed, grain sorghum, lentils, mustard seed, oats, peanuts, dry peas, rapeseed, long grain rice, medium grain rice, safflower seed, seed cotton, sesame, soybeans, sunflower seed and wheat. USDA also reminds producers that ARC and PLC elections and enrollments can impact eligibility for some crop insurance products including Supplemental Coverage Option, Enhanced Coverage Option and, for cotton producers, the Stacked Income Protection Plan (commonly referred to as STAX). Learn more at the ARC and PLC webpage.

DMC is a voluntary risk management program providing producers with price support to help offset milk and feed price differences. Different levels of coverage are available. Learn more at the DMC webpage.

Read more about the ARC, PLC and DMC enrollment periods here.