USDA Farm Service Agency Administrator Jonathan Coppess announced today the states that have met revenue “triggers” for the 2009 Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program payments for acres of wheat, barley and oats. Congress established ACRE to protect producers from farm market revenue declines. Payments are revenue-based and determined based on crop production and the National Average Market Price for covered commodities planted on the farm.

"The ACRE program provides financial and risk management advantages to eligible producers," said Coppess. "Producers who enrolled a farm in ACRE will receive 2009 ACRE payments after Oct. 1 of this year on 'planted or considered planted’ acres of these three crops, if both state and farm revenue criteria are met."

In addition to state ACRE eligibility, enrolled farms in an eligible state must meet revenue trigger requirements for the three crops. Revenue triggers for a commodity must be met on both a state and farm basis. A listing of the states that meet the revenue triggers for the 2009 crops of wheat, barley and oats is available at 2009_st_trigger_status.pdf

States that meet the revenue triggers for other commodities will be determined after the 2009-10 marketing year average price is published by the National Agricultural Statistical Service (NASS). The list of states the met the revenue trigger for peanuts was published on Aug. 31, 2010. The scheduled publishing dates for other crops are as follows:

• Corn, grain sorghum, soybeans, dry peas, and lentils – Sept. 29, 2010;

• Upland cotton – Oct. 8, 2010;

• Large chickpeas, small chickpeas, sunflower seed, canola, flaxseed, mustard seed, rapeseed, safflower, crambe, and sesame seed – Nov. 30, 2010;

• Long grain rice, medium and short grain rice – Jan. 31, 2011.

For more information on the ACRE program visit your local FSA office or the FSA website at: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/dcp.

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