Key Changes included in the 2018 Farm Bill

By Scott Zimmerman, Wy Governmental Affairs, Rocky Mountain Farmers Union

The recently passed 2018 Farm Bill has some significant changes from the 20014 Farm Bill that can will effect producers in the tri-state area. In the 2014 Farm Bill a producer chose either Agriculture Risk Coverage or Price Loss Coverage as their commodity program choice and they were locked in to that choice for the life of the Farm Bill. Under the language in the 2018 version a producer can chose the option they feel is best for their operation for the first two years and then can change that decision annually th...