ACRE Decision Aid Education Program

A joint program between Navarro and Ellis Counties will be offered to educate producers on the new ACRE program and to show them the recently developed ACRE Decision Aid Program. Dr. Joe Outlaw with the Texas A&M Agricultural and Food Policy Center will be present to present information on the new tool and answer questions. The program will be held on Tuesday, May 19 at the KJT Hall in Ennis, TX (located at 1216 South Paris Street) from 10 am to 12 noon. Lunch will be provided and cost is $5 per person to cover the costs of the facilities and lunch. Please RSVP prior to May 15th at 903-654-3075 or 972-825-5175.

ACRE Decision Aid Program Ready for Use

Texas A&M University's Agricultural and Food Policy Center has developed a web-based decision aid to assist producers in comparing the old CCP program to the new ACRE program. ACRE stands for Average Crop Revenue Election and is an option under the new farm bill. Producers will be faced with a decision to choose one option or the other. According to a recent TAMU AgNews article, "The tool will help producers in deciding whether to continue receiving counter-cyclical payments (CCP) triggered during times of low prices, or opt for a revenue-based payment known as Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) triggered by low prices and/or yields". For the full article go to http://agnews.tamu.edu/showstory.php?id=1142.

For the decision aid program go to http://www.afpc.tamu.edu/models/acre/index.php