Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC)
Two USDA commodity income-support programmes administered by the Farm Service Agency, published together as Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage. AgricultureID has verified the programme page; the election and payment mechanics were not read during this pass.
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Programme type
- Income support
- Status
- Recurring
- Last verified
- 2026-08-20
Official programme pagehttps://www.fsa.usda.gov/resources/programs/arc-plc
Who it is for
- Farmer
- Crop producer
- Agricultural holding
Eligibility depends on the official programme rules and individual circumstances. Verify current requirements and application periods with the administering authority.
Application period
Not established from the official page read during verification. Check the official programme page or the administering authority for current application periods.
Administered by
- Farm Service AgencyUnited States
Evidence & verification
Recorded as recurring in United States.
- Official source
- Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC)Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC)
- Source page
- https://www.fsa.usda.gov/resources/programs/arc-plcThe programme page states that the scheme runs; it publishes no addressable status field.
- What AgricultureID records
- recurringa value from SupportProgrammeStatus, not a quotation
- Standing
- Verified against the sourcelast verified 2026-08-20
- ARC and PLC are distinct programmes with different payment mechanics; this record covers the page on which FSA publishes them together and does not describe either mechanism.
- Election windows, payment rates and covered commodities were not verified during this pass.
Evidence shows what an official source published and what AgricultureID made of it. The two are always shown separately: quoted text is the source’s own, and a normalised value is AgricultureID’s vocabulary, not a quotation.
Sources and verification
Official programme page loaded in a real browser on 2026-08-20; it resolved with HTTP 200 identifying the programme as Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC).
Verified 2026-08-20 · Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC)
Important limitations
- ARC and PLC are distinct programmes with different payment mechanics; this record covers the page on which FSA publishes them together and does not describe either mechanism.
- Election windows, payment rates and covered commodities were not verified during this pass.