A packed house of approximately 60 farmers filled the Guthrie Center Activity Center Wednesday morning to learn about upcoming changes to the farm bill from both Guthrie County Extension, and the local FSA Office. The meeting covered a lot of ground, mostly on new policies regarding Price Loss Coverage (PLC), and the two different types of Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC). Bill Hayes, a farmer from west of Guthrie Center learned a bit, but was mostly confused at the end, “The Iowa State person knew what he was talking about, but made it complicated for the rest of us.” Two other farmers at the event were in the same boat, still in need of more information, “Uhhh, I don’t know about this, we’re still debating, this is pretty complicated.”
Apparently, the information gets easier after you hear it a second, or third time, as this farmer will attest to, “It was useful, I was at the Templeton meeting, and this one was actually a little bit more detailed. They’re getting closer to fine tuning everything and making it more useful.”
Those interested in getting an encore to better understand the new Farm Bill can attend the exact same meeting next month in Coon Rapids, December 10th at 6 pm at the American Legion.