Crop producers across the United States are dealing with either negative or very tight cash flow situations due to continued low commodity prices and high crop input costs. USDA is projecting record national average corn and soybean yields in 2025; however, even that will not be enough to offset the negative margins in crop production that exist in most areas. As a result, crop producers have had to rely on several rounds of various government payments to help sustain the cash flow in their farming business. Farmers in areas that had very poor yields in 2024 benefitted from the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP) payments that were paid a few months ago, and could receive potential 2024 corn and soybean ARC-CO payments in October this year. Last Spring, all producers of eligible cr
Focus on Ag: USDA announces additional ECAP payments

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