1. The TAMU Farm Bill Decision Aid: An Introduction Michele Marra, Professor Ag and Resource Economics NCSU

2. Collecting Data for Using the Decision Tool Data collection is going to be, by far, the most time-consuming part of the decision process, as you will see in what follows.

3. Purpose of This Presentation This slide presentation is designed to familiarize yourself with the various sources of data needed to use the Texas A&M Farm Bill Decision Tool. The first two forms that follow, if you don’t have them already, can be obtained from your local FSA office. The second two forms that follow are from the Risk Management Agency and, if you insure your crops, you should have them. If you don’t already have them, you can obtain them from your crop insurance agent. The last form is a worksheet designed to organize the data you collect so that you can easily fill in the information asked for in the decision tool.

8. Page ___ of ___ Crop Information Worksheet for Each Farm Unit for Use with the Texas A&M Decision Tool FSA Farm #: Administrative C ounty: Crop Name Counter Cyclical Pmt. Yield* Base Acres* Rate Yield^ APH Yield^ Harvest Time Basis Current Crop Insurance Y, RP, RP-HPE** Coverage Level Enterprise/Optional Unit Planted Acres In: 2014 Planned 2015 Planned 2016 Planned 2017 Planned 2018 Historical Data***YieldPlt. Ac. # PP Ac. # YieldPlt. Ac. # PP Ac. # YieldPlt. Ac. # PP Ac. # YieldPlt. Ac. # PP Ac. # 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 *CC Yield and Base Acres in the FSA form "Reported Commodity Crop History Summary" mailed to producers in August. ^Rate Yield is your 2008-2012 avg. actual yield (with no adjustments or plugs) leaving out the years you didn't plant the crop. APH Yield is your approved yield from RMA for crop insurance. **Y-Yield Insurance, RP-Revenue Insurance, RP-HPE-Revenue Protection with harvest price exclusion ***Yield history available on crop insurance forms of farm records. Yields for 2008-2012 are used to update payment yields. Yields for 2004-2007 are used to appropriately incorporate yield risk in program participation and insurance decisions. # Plt. Ac. - Planted Acres, PP Ac. - Prevented Planted Acres

9. Decision Aid Login Instructions 1.Login: https://decisionaid.afpc.tamu.edu/ 2.Enter your email address. 3.Choose a password and WRITE IT DOWN and put it in a safe place. 4.Go to the next page and start following the written instructions.