ACRE program payments by crop year

Beginning with crop year 2009, producers can elect to participate in the ACRE program in any year from 2009-12 for all covered commodities and peanut acreage on the farm.Producers who elect to participate in ACRE must remain in the program for the duration of the 2008 Farm Act.For ACRE participants, direct payments are reduced by 20 percent and marketing assistance loan rates are reduced by 30 percent on enrolled farms. In 2009/10, the majority of ACRE payments went to wheat farmers.