Estimated PLC Payments Kansas

The first Title I Farm Bill program payments that include the One Big Beautiful Bill Act enhancements will be received by farmers starting in October 2026.  These payments are the one-time opportunity farmers have to receive the higher of the calculated Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs, before having to go back to annual program elections, starting with this year’s harvested crop. 

ARC-County payment will not be forecasted until county yields are released in early June, but PLC payments are based on Marketing Year Average (MYA) prices only, in which current forecasts will be very close to final numbers when they are released at the end of the marketing year.

The map below shows the PLC payment per acre for a farm that has a program yield equal to the county average program yield released by Farm Service Agency.  Caution should be exercised by the user, as these are average PLC payments per acre and the farm’s own PLC payments may differ significantly depending on their own farm’s program yield. If the farm’s program yield is significantly lower than the county average, their PLC payments will also be lower. In contrast, if the farm’s own program yield is much higher than the county average, that farm will receive higher PLC payments per acre. The paper HERE explains the PLC calcuation in detail.

Note that payments are on a per acre basis and will be made on 85% of a farm’s base acres in that commodity.  To get detailed information on your county, hover your cursor over it.  Use the dropdown menu on the right to select different crops.

Questions may be directed to Robin Reid, 785.532.0964 or robinreid@ksu.edu