I’ve received a ton of great info regarding the changes we are going to see on the farm from the Big Beautiful Bill. I’m sure many have their own sources or already fully understand all of the changes and moving parts and pieces, but I wanted to share a couple of great sources for those who might not.
From Our Friends at FarmDoc Daily
Discovered in Egypt in July 1799, the Rosetta Stone is an ancient stone fragment that contains the same written text in three languages (Demotic, hieroglyphic, and Greek); with translations to Greek, the stone permitted researchers to decode or decipher ancient languages (The British Museum, July 14, 2017; Scalf, arce.org ). Rosetta Stone is also a useful metaphor for any effort to decode and translate. As of July 4, 2025, budget reconciliation, bearing the sycophantic tongue-twisting title “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBA), is Public Law (P.L. 119-21). Among its many provisions are revisions to the major mandatory programs of the Farm Bill, reauthorizing them through 2031. Rushed through Congress under special budget procedures and a dearth of deliberation, much about this new federal law remains confusing and dismaying. This article reviews an expanded loophole for farm program payment limitations as a potential Rosetta Stone.
The Farm Bill in Reconciliation: Loophole as Rosetta Stone; Review and CommentBy: Jonathan Coppess – Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois
Farm Bill in Reconciliation: ARC/PLC Payment Projections; Policy Design Lab Update
By: Henrique Monaco, Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, and Gary Schnitkey – Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois
WATCH:Changes to Commodity and Crop Insurance Programs Webinar and Slides – In this farmdoc webinar, University of Illinois agricultural economists Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, and Gary Schnitkey break down the major changes to commodity programs and crop insurance in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). These updates include significant shifts in ARC/PLC program structure, reference prices, and crop insurance subsidy levels
From Our Friends at Terrian by John Newton and Marc Rosenbohm… The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law on July 4, 2025, updated farm bill program reference prices, modified the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs, added base acres, raised commodity loan rates, enhanced premium support for crop insurance, and modified other programs such as the sugar program and dairy margin coverage. These changes have implications for farm decisions ranging from risk management choices to financial management and tax accounting. Following months of negotiations and passage through the budget reconciliation process in both the House and Senate, H.R. 1 – One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)1 makes significant changes to agricultural policy, tax law, disaster assistance, conservation, energy policy, rural development and more. For farmers, this law represents the most substantial investment in farm bill programs since the 2002 farm bill, investing nearly $66 billion across commodity support programs, trade promotion programs, conservation, and crop insurance, among others. Read all the details at Terrain
