{"id":20351,"date":"2014-05-07T15:00:28","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T15:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wfbf.com\/?p=20351"},"modified":"2014-05-07T15:00:28","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T15:00:28","slug":"the-farm-bill-how-it-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wfbf.com\/ag-newswire\/the-farm-bill-how-it-works\/","title":{"rendered":"The Farm Bill: How it Works"},"content":{"rendered":"
The American Farm Bureau Federation has produced a new series of videos and launched a website (http:\/\/goo.gl\/ujjnny<\/a>) to help farmers, landowners and other stakeholders better understand the provisions of the 2014 farm bill. Featured content includes videos on key commodity program and crop insurance provisions of the farm bill.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have distilled down a massive and complex piece of legislation\u2014the 2014 farm bill\u2014into several \u2018bite-size\u2019 pieces, with the goal of helping farmers and managers understand how it will affect their farms,\u201d said John Anderson, deputy chief economist with AFBF.<\/p>\n \u201cNow that safety net and risk management tools important in crop planning are in place, along with the new program for dairies, the next step is for farmers to be able to move forward with confidence in determining the best options for their individual farms,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cWe created the farm bill video series with that goal in mind.\u201d<\/p>\n Links to useful farm bill information from USDA, land-grant universities, and other organizations also is available on the website at http:\/\/goo.gl\/ujjnny<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The American Farm Bureau Federation has produced a new series of videos and launched a website (http:\/\/goo.gl\/ujjnny) to help farmers, landowners and other stakeholders better understand the provisions of the 2014 farm bill. Featured content includes videos on key commodity program and crop insurance provisions of the farm bill. \u201cWe have distilled down a massive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[227,233],"coauthors":[27],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<\/a>The videos include a farm bill overview describing the basic provisions of the commodity title, including a description of the decisions related to program participation that will need to be made by farmers and landowners. Four other videos go in-depth on the Price Loss Coverage and Supplemental Coverage Option, the Agricultural Risk Coverage Program, the Stacked Income Protection Program for Cotton and the Dairy Margin Protection Program<\/h3>\n