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Peanuts: ARC or PLC for 2026 and 2027
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- Dec 112026 signup ends Dec 11, 2026.
- Nov 2 to Mar 152027 signup runs Nov 2, 2026 to Mar 15, 2027.
- Skip itDo nothing for 2026 and that farm gets no 2026 payment.
- SignEvery owner and operator on the farm signs.
- BringBring the farm’s FSA-156EZ. It lists the base acres and PLC yields.
Quick answer. The 2026 PLC effective reference price for peanuts is $0.3150/lb (FSA). PLC pays when the national season-average price ends below that; the loan rate, $0.1950/lb, is as low as the price counts. ARC-CO pays when county revenue falls below 90% of benchmark revenue, figured at the 2026 benchmark price of $0.3150/lb.
At FSA’s projected 2026/27 season-average price (FSA table of Sep 11, 2026), $0.2400/lb, PLC would pay a 2026 rate of $0.0750/lb. The real rate comes from the final price after the marketing year ends (Aug 2026 to July 2027).
2027 (est.): ERP $0.3150, benchmark price $0.3150.
Typical-farm verdicts, 2026: Leans PLC 265, Close, either one 3, Leans ARC-CO 15.
Prices in dollars per pound, FSA’s unit for peanuts.
How the peanuts prices are figured
The effective reference price is the lesser of 115% of the statutory price, or the greater of the statutory price and 88% of the Olympic average season-average price for the five most recent crop years (2020 to 2024 for 2026; 2021 to 2025 for 2027). The ARC-CO benchmark price uses the same five years, each raised to at least the effective reference price.
2026 effective reference price. Season-average prices 2020: $0.2100 · 2021: $0.2430 · 2022: $0.2680 · 2023: $0.2690 · 2024: $0.2610 (struck: the high and low year). Average of the middle three: $0.2573. 88% of that is $0.2265, below the $0.3150 statutory price, so the statutory price holds: $0.3150.
2026 ARC-CO benchmark price. 2020: $0.3150 (raised from $0.2100) · 2021: $0.3150 (raised from $0.2430) · 2022: $0.3150 (raised from $0.2680) · 2023: $0.3150 (raised from $0.2690) · 2024: $0.3150 (raised from $0.2610). Drop the high ($0.3150) and low ($0.3150); the middle three average $0.3150.
2027 effective reference price. Season-average prices 2021: $0.2430 · 2022: $0.2680 · 2023: $0.2690 · 2024: $0.2610 · 2025: $0.2350 (struck: the high and low year). Average of the middle three: $0.2573. 88% of that is $0.2265, below the $0.3150 statutory price, so the statutory price holds: $0.3150.
2027 ARC-CO benchmark price. 2021: $0.3150 (raised from $0.2430) · 2022: $0.3150 (raised from $0.2680) · 2023: $0.3150 (raised from $0.2690) · 2024: $0.3150 (raised from $0.2610) · 2025: $0.3150 (raised from $0.2350). Drop the high ($0.3150) and low ($0.3150); the middle three average $0.3150.
2026 figures are FSA’s and match our math from FSA’s own price column. 2027 is our math (est.); FSA publishes the official figures.
Peanuts ARC-CO benchmarks by county
FSA’s official 2026 county file has a peanuts benchmark yield for 311 counties in 13 states. Each county page shows the benchmark, the five yields behind it, the yield where ARC-CO starts to pay and the PLC vs ARC-CO break-even.
Alabama (26 counties)
Autauga · Baldwin · Barbour · Blount · Butler · Coffee · Conecuh · Covington · Crenshaw · Dale · Dallas · Escambia · Franklin · Geneva · Henry · Houston · Lamar · Lawrence · Lee · Lowndes · Macon · Mobile · Monroe · Pike · Russell · Washington
Arkansas (7 counties)
Craighead · Jackson · Lawrence · Lee · Mississippi · Randolph · St. Francis
Florida (17 counties)
Alachua · Columbia · Escambia · Gadsden · Gilchrist · Hamilton · Holmes · Jackson · Lafayette · Levy · Madison · Marion · Okaloosa · Santa Rosa · Suwannee · Walton · Washington
Georgia (69 counties)
Appling · Atkinson · Bacon · Baker · Ben Hill · Berrien · Bleckley · Brantley · Brooks · Bryan · Bulloch · Burke · Calhoun · Candler · Clay · Clinch · Coffee · Colquitt · Cook · Crisp · Decatur · Dodge · Dooly · Dougherty · Early · Effingham · Emanuel · Evans · Glascock · Grady · Houston · Irwin · Jeff Davis · Jefferson · Jenkins · Johnson · Lanier · Laurens · Lee · Lowndes · Macon · Marion · Miller · Mitchell · Peach · Pierce · Pulaski · Randolph · Schley · Screven · Seminole · Stewart · Sumter · Tattnall · Taylor · Telfair · Terrell · Thomas · Tift · Toombs · Treutlen · Turner · Ware · Washington · Wayne · Webster · Wheeler · Wilcox · Worth
Mississippi (24 counties)
Attala · Calhoun · Carroll · Chickasaw · Choctaw · Clay · Coahoma · George · Grenada · Hinds · Holmes · Humphreys · Itawamba · Jones · Lee · Leflore · Lowndes · Madison · Monroe · Montgomery · Quitman · Tallahatchie · Webster · Yalobusha
North Carolina (30 counties)
Beaufort · Bertie · Bladen · Chowan · Columbus · Craven · Cumberland · Duplin · Edgecombe · Gates · Greene · Halifax · Harnett · Hertford · Johnston · Jones · Lenoir · Martin · Nash · Northampton · Pender · Perquimans · Pitt · Richmond · Robeson · Sampson · Scotland · Washington · Wayne · Wilson
Oklahoma (28 counties)
Alfalfa · Beckham · Blaine · Bryan · Caddo · Carter · Comanche · Cotton · Custer · Dewey · Ellis · Grady · Greer · Jackson · Kingfisher · Kiowa · Lincoln · Love · Major · Marshall · McClain · McCurtain · Muskogee · Okfuskee · Okmulgee · Stephens · Tillman · Washita
South Carolina (24 counties)
Aiken · Allendale · Bamberg · Barnwell · Berkeley · Calhoun · Charleston · Chesterfield · Clarendon · Colleton · Darlington · Dillon · Dorchester · Florence · Georgetown · Hampton · Horry · Kershaw · Lee · Marion · Marlboro · Orangeburg · Sumter · Williamsburg
Texas (73 counties)
Andrews · Atascosa · Austin · Bailey · Baylor · Borden · Bowie · Briscoe · Castro · Childress · Cochran · Collingsworth · Colorado · Comanche · Cooke · Cottle · Crosby · Culberson · Dawson · Denton · Dickens · Donley · Erath · Falls · Fannin · Fisher · Floyd · Foard · Frio · Gaines · Garza · Glasscock · Grayson · Hale · Hall · Hardeman · Harris · Haskell · Hidalgo · Hill · Hockley · Howard · Hudspeth · Jones · Karnes · Knox · Lamb · Live Oak · Lubbock · Lynn · Martin · Mason · McCulloch · McLennan · Midland · Moore · Motley · Parmer · Randall · Red River · Runnels · Stonewall · Swisher · Taylor · Terry · Travis · Waller · Wheeler · Wichita · Wilbarger · Wilson · Yoakum · Young
Virginia (8 counties)
Dinwiddie · Greensville · Isle of Wight · Prince George · Southampton · Suffolk City · Surry · Sussex
Questions about peanuts
What is the 2026 effective reference price for peanuts?
$0.3150 per pound, from FSA's 2026 table. The statutory reference price is $0.3150; 88% of the 2020 to 2024 Olympic average season-average price is $0.2265, and the cap is $0.3623. The 2026 ARC-CO benchmark price is $0.3150 and the loan rate is $0.1950.
What is the 2027 effective reference price for peanuts?
$0.3150 per pound by our math from FSA's final prices (est.); the 2027 ARC-CO benchmark price is $0.3150. FSA publishes the official 2027 figures.
Will PLC pay on peanuts for 2026?
At FSA table of Sep 11, 2026's projected 2026/27 price of $0.2400/lb, PLC would pay a 2026 rate of $0.0750/lb. FSA's own table of Sep 11, 2026 shows $0.0750/lb at $0.2400. The real rate is set by the final season-average price, published after the marketing year (Aug 2026 to July 2027) ends.
Should I pick ARC or PLC for peanuts?
We do not give a pick for peanuts yet. The county pages show FSA's official benchmark, where each program pays more by price, and the calculator runs your own PLC yield and price.
Where do I find my county's peanuts ARC-CO benchmark yield?
FSA's 2026 county file lists peanuts benchmarks for 311 counties; each one has a page here. A county FSA does not list has no peanuts benchmark; ask the county FSA office.
This is an estimate, not a USDA determination. FSA ARC/PLC · FSA program data · Find your county office. Dollars are before the 5.7% sequestration cut.
Sources
- FSA, 2026 MYA prices (Table 1, Sept 11, 2026)
- FSA, 2026 effective reference prices (Table 2, Sept 11, 2026)
- FSA, projected 2026 PLC payment rates (Table 3, Sept 11, 2026)
- FSA, 2026 ARC-CO benchmark prices (Table 4, Sept 11, 2026)
- FSA ARC/PLC program data (official county benchmark files)
- Federal Register 2026-00313, Jan 12, 2026 (FSA rule for the 2025 law)
- 7 CFR 1412.3, definitions (eCFR)
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