Background
FAPRI-MU Report #06-24 estimates the payments by state and crop under this economic assistance for twenty of the twenty-one crops eligible for assistance in this bill.
In addition to a one-year farm bill extension, the American Relief Act, 2025 recently passed by Congress contained $10 billion in economic assistance for farmers. This economic assistance is intended to offset part of the economic loss producers are facing following a decline in crop prices while total production cost estimates remain elevated. This is separate from the amount allocated in the same legislation for losses from natural disasters. Below are spreadsheet tools developed jointly with the Rural and Farm Finance Policy Analysis Center (RaFF) for farmers to estimate their payment based on our current understanding of the legislation, estimated payment rates, and their number of acres planted and prevented planted for each of the crops eligible for payments. The tools are valid for all farms in the United States, since payment rates per acre are nationally determined.
Download the American Relief Act of 2025 Economic Assistance Calculators:
Overview and Important Considerations
A RaFF Policy Brief covering national estimates of payments and payment rates for the top 9 major commodities is available on their website: American Relief Act, 2025: Economic Assistance for Crop Producer
Additionally, a RaFF Policy Brief covering Missouri estimates of payments by county for the top 9 major commodities is also available on their website: American Relief Act of 2025: Economic Assistance for Missouri Crop Producers
Note of caution
Many provisions in the legislative text allow or require the discretion of the Secretary (of Agriculture) in determining certain of the relevant variables (prices, costs, yields, etc.) used in payment calculations. The final values determined by the Secretary and used in the actual payment calculations could be different from those estimates used here.