There's Money in Your Mailbox: The OBBBA Farm Program Update

If you farm — or you write crop insurance for folks who do — there's a postcard sitting in a mailbox right now that's worth real money, and a deadline attached that nobody's saying loudly enough. This week I break down the farm-program changes coming out of the One Big Beautiful Bill: what's automatic, what you have to act on, and the dates that'll bite you if you snooze. Ten minutes, plain English, no government-handbook fog. Here's what we cover: → The base-acre postcard and the August 31 deadline to check it → Why the 2025 ARC/PLC safety net got stronger (and pays out this October) → The mandatory 2026 election — and the trap if you skip it → The big win for LLCs, S-corps, and partnerships: multiple payment limits, no more entity-level AGI test, and a September 15 window to restructure → Quick hits: SDRP's June 15 data pull, late-filed acres for 2019–2023, and the new Form 902 Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:14 Opening Credits 0:50 Ad – Crop West Insurance Group 1:19 Intro – RMA & FSA Meeting 2:09 The Postcard (Base Acres + Aug 31) 4:08 The Good News (2025 ARC/PLC Got Better) 5:37 Don't Sleep on the 2026 Election 6:49 Entities Just Got a Big Win (QPTE + AGI) 9:53 Lightning Round – Bonus Info 10:58 Wrap Up This is general info from a working agent, not tax or legal advice — for entity moves and AGI questions, loop in your CPA and your FSA office. 🎧 The Crop Insurance Podcast — straight talk on crop insurance from someone who actually writes it.. 👉 Subscribe so you don't miss the 2026 election dates when FSA drops them. #CropInsurance #FarmPolicy #OBBBA #ARCPLC #FarmProgram #USDA #FSA #AgPolicy #FarmFinance #BaseAcres