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Soybeans clear budget winner in Senate farm bill proposal
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The following budget baseline numbers, reportedly from the Senate Agriculture Committee, are how various program crops fare regarding the pending Senate draft farm bill. As is quite evident in the projections below, soybean producers show the most favorable budget scores – largely because of the move from base acres to planted acres in making proposed new farm program payments via the Ag Risk Coverage (ARC) program.
It is also evident that wheat, upland cotton, peanuts and especially rice growers are more negatively impacted by the new proposed farm policy.
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Commodity Baseline
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Crop
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Existing Baseline 2013-22
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Dif. Between Base Acres and Planted Acres
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Percent Dif. Between Base and Planted Ac.
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Baseline Adj. For Planted Vs. Base
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Baseline Adj. For $15 bil. Cut
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Baseline Adj. For $15 Bil. Cut & Planted
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90-80 Election With Ref. Prices & Ins.
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In billion dollars unless specified otherwise
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Corn
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22.179
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+5.551
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+7%
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23.655
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15.969
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18.451
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17.174
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Soybeans
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7.618
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+26.797
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+54%
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11.709
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5.485
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9.133
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9.442
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Wheat
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11.131
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-19.411
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-27%
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8.135
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8.014
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6.345
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4.496
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Up. Cotton
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6.843
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-6.669
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-38%
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4.255
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4.927
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3.319
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4.405
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Rice
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4.336
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-1.229
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-29%
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3.088
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3.122
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2.409
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1.319
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Peanuts
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1.013
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-0.970
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-7%
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0.945
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0.729
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0.737
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0.913
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Total Payments
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53.120
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-20.808
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-8%
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48.778
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38.247
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38.047
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Bottom line:
Corn: 23% decline
Soybeans: 24% increase
Wheat: 60% decline
Rice: 70% decline
Peanuts: 40% decline (after crop insurance removed)
The figures include crop insurance costs for peanuts without doing that for any other crops besides cotton, where they apparently had no choice. Some label this "creative math."
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