(BLOOMINGTON) The USDA has announced that payments from revenue-based ECO and SCO programs for 2024 corn and soybeans will be triggered in many Illinois counties and will be prevalent across the nation as well. The Risk Management Agency has released its county yield estimates for the 2024 crop year, which are used by RMA to determine area plan payments, including ECO and SCO. County corn and soybean yields for Illinois were mostly at or above trend levels, with exceptions in southern Illinois for both crops, and some northern Illinois counties for soybeans. This is all according to the University of Illinois farmdoc analysis. More details available on the farmdocdaily.illinois.edu website.
