Farm Bill Decisions Overview Meeting in Blue Hill on February 6

The Webster County UNL Extension and FSA Offices will host a Farm Bill Decisions Overview meeting on Friday, February 6, 2015, at 1:00 p.m. at the Blue Hill Community Center which is located at 555 W Gage St. in Blue Hill, NE. The meeting is free and open to the public. Registration is not required; however, it is appreciated to insure a seat and materials for each attendee. 

It is important that growers have information they need as decisions regarding commodity program selection are complex and will last for the duration of the farm bill. The meeting will primarily focus on basic Farm Bill considerations, landowner election decisions and how to analyze the output of decision tools. Topics will include: Basic farm bill program process, including documentation needed; Allocation, base, yield and commodity program decisions; Considerations for farm operations and How to calculate and analyze farm program payments. 

Discussion will also include online decision-aid tools which are designed to help farmers determine which program is best for their operation and lets them input data specific to their operation. Another part of the program will be to examine various options for the landowner’s decision and program election. There will also be discussion on how to analyze the output from the Texas A&M Farm Bill Decision Model, so it would be advantageous for farmers to put their data into the web-based program that can be found at: https://usda.afpc.tamu.edu/   and bring their print out sheet with them. However, if you haven’t used this tool, this meeting will help you, should you decide to do so.

The presenter will be Allan Vyhnalek, Nebraska Extension Educator and member of the UNL Extension Farm Bill team. The meeting is sponsored in part by the Nebraska Soybean Board. To register or for more information you may call the Webster County UNL Extension Office at 402-746-3417 or contact Dewey Lienemann at dlienemann2@unl.edu; or you may call the Webster County FSA Office in Red Cloud at 402-746-2204, Deidra Werner, CED.