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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Mar 11, 2025
Agricultural Commodities Price Enhancement Act
This bill increases the reference prices for certain commodities under the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs. Specifically, the bill increases the reference prices for wheat, corn, soybeans, peanuts, and seed cotton.
The ARC and PLC programs, administered by the Farm Service Agency, offer financial assistance to eligible agricultural producers, and the reference prices are used to calculate benefits under the programs. The ARC Program is an income support program that provides payments to producers when actual crop revenue declines below a specified guarantee level. The PLC Program provides income support payments when the effective price for a covered commodity falls below its effective reference price.
People & committees
Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] · D–NC
Legislative record
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Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-03-11 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The bill proposes increasing reference prices—price figures written into federal agricultural law—for wheat, corn, soybeans, peanuts, and seed cotton. It concerns those crops, but the supplied text does not explain how the increases would affect farmers’ payments or eligibility. These changes are proposals in the introduced bill, not established changes to enacted law.
2. Reference price increases for wheat, corn, soybeans, peanuts, and seed cotton
Section 1111(19) is amended of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9011(19)) is amended—
The proposal would replace $5.50 per bushel with $6.50 per bushel in subparagraph (A) of the referenced law.
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking $5.50 per bushel and inserting $6.50 per bushel;
The proposal would replace $3.70 per bushel with $4.20 per bushel in subparagraph (B).
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking $3.70 per bushel and inserting $4.20 per bushel;
The proposal would replace $8.40 per bushel with $10.00 per bushel in subparagraph (H).
(3) in subparagraph (H), by striking $8.40 per bushel and inserting $10.00 per bushel;
The proposal would replace $535.00 per ton with $635.00 per ton in subparagraph (J).
(4) in subparagraph (J), by striking $535.00 per ton and inserting $635.00 per ton;
The proposal would replace $0.367 per pound with $0.45 per pound in subparagraph (O).
(5) in subparagraph (O), by striking $0.367 per pound and inserting $0.45 per pound.
The supplied action snapshot, updated June 30, 2025, records introduction and referral to the House Committee on Agriculture on March 11, 2025, followed by referral to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit on March 28, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2025-06-30T15:32:42Z. 2025-03-28: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit. 2025-03-11: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. 2025-03-11: Introduced in House
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2025-03-11. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
None identified in the reviewed text
No unrelated provision or policy change attached to appropriations was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version and does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
None identified in the reviewed text
No congressionally directed spending for particular recipients or places was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version; formal earmark status cannot be established for materials not supplied.
Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
None identified in the reviewed text
No materially narrow carve-out, special exemption, or preferential exception beyond the main policy’s intended coverage was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version and does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
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