2014 Farm Bill

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

FARM SERVICE AGENCY FACT SHEET May 2014

Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) Program 

Fruit, Vegetable and Wild Rice Provisions

OVERVIEW

The Agricultural Act of 2014 (the 2014 Farm Bill) 

authorized the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) 

Program and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) Program, 

which are administered by USDA’s Farm Service 

Agency (FSA). ARC/PLC provides revenue and 

price loss payments to eligible producers for the 

2014 through 2018 crop years. 

Producers who participate in ARC/PLC are subject 

to an acre-for-acre payment reduction when fruits, 

vegetables and wild rice (FAV/Wild Rice) are 

planted on the base acres of a farm.

APPLICABLE CROPS

FAV/Wild Rice planting provisions apply to the 

following commodities:

•	 Fruits (including nuts);

•	 Vegetables, other than mung beans and pulse 

crops (dry peas, lentils and chickpeas) and;

•	 Wild rice

FAV/WILD RICE PLANTING 

PROVISIONS ON BASE ACREAGE

In general, planting and harvesting FAV/Wild Rice 

on ARC/PLC payment acreage is subject to an 

acre-for-acre payment reduction when more than 

15 percent of the base acres of a farm enrolled in 

ARC using the county coverage or PLC are planted 

to FAV/Wild Rice; or when more than 35 percent 

of base acres of a farm enrolled in ARC using 

individual coverage are planted to FAV/Wild Rice. 

DOUBLE-CROPPING EXCEPTION

ARC/PLC payment acres are not reduced for 

FAV/Wild Rice planted under the double-cropping 

exception. 

FAV/Wild Rice may be double-cropped with a 

covered commodity. The farm must be in a county 

that is included as a region approved for doublecropping covered commodities with FAV/Wild 

Rice. These regions are established by FSA state 

committees and will be published in the Federal 

Register. 

FAV/WILD RICE PLANTING 

PROVISIONS ON NON-BASE ACREAGE

Planting FAV/Wild Rice on acres that are not 

considered base acres will not result in payment 

reductions. 

FAV/WILD RICE PLANTING 

PROVISIONS FOR NON ARC/PLC 

FARMS

If a farm is eligible to participate in ARC/PLC, but 

is not enrolled in ARC/PLC for a particular year, 

then: 

•	 Unlimited FAV/Wild Rice can be planted and 

harvested for that year;

•	 The farm will not receive any ARC/PLC payments for the applicable year;

•	 The farm may be enrolled in ARC/PLC in 

succeeding years and be eligible for ARC/PLC 

benefits and;

•	 Production of loan commodities from the farm 

is eligible for marketing assistance loans and 

loan deficiency payments.
FACT SHEET

ARC/PLC for Fruit, Vegetables and Wild Rice May 2014

FOR MORE INFORMATION

For additional information on FAV/Wild Rice rules 

or other ARC/PLC program matters, please contact 

your local FSA county office or USDA Service

Center, or visit FSA’s website at: www.fsa.usda.

gov.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits 

discrimination against its customers, employees, and 

applicants for employment on the bases of race, color, 

national origin, age, disability, sex, gender identity, religion, reprisal, and where applicable, political beliefs, 

marital status, familial or parental status, sexual orientation, or all or part of an individual’s income is derived 

from any public assistance program, or protected 

genetic information in employment or in any program or 

activity conducted or funded by the Department. (Not all 

prohibited bases will apply to all programs and/or employment activities.) Persons with disabilities, who wish 

to file a program complaint, write to the address below 

or if you require alternative means of communication 

for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) please contact USDA’s TARGET Center at 

(202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). Individuals who are 

deaf, hard of hearing, or have speech disabilities and 

wish to file either an EEO or program complaint, please 

contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at 

(800) 877-8339 or (800) 845-6136 (in Spanish). 

If you wish to file a Civil Rights program complaint 

of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, found online at http://

www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, or at 

any USDA office, or call (866) 632-9992 to request the 

form. You may also write a letter containing all of the 

information requested in the form. Send your completed 

complaint form or letter by mail to U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, 

by fax (202) 690-7442 or email at program.intake@

usda.gov. 

USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

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