Impacts of switching the ACRE program trigger from State to county revenue varies for corn producers
![Impacts of switching the ACRE program trigger from State to county revenue varies for corn producers A map of the U.S. showing the changes in expected payment for corn when ACRE program is changed from State to county](/webdocs/charts/55078/impacts_of_switching_the_acre_program_trigger_from_state_to_county_revenue_varies_for_corn_producers_308_768px.jpg?v=2822.2)
Few producers have chosen the Average Crop Revenue Election or ACRE program, which was introduced under the 2008 Farm Act and uses revenue variability and a combination of State- and farm-level payment triggers. Switching the State trigger to a county trigger has been suggested as a means to make ACRE more attractive. In most cases, county-level revenue is more variable than State-level revenue and is more highly correlated with farm-level revenue; thus the switch would increase expected payments. In some cases, however, these relationships do not hold, and the switch would decrease expected payments. This map is from Alternatives to State-Based ACRE Program: Expected Payments under a National, Crop District, or County Base, ERR-126, September 2011.
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