This article provides estimates of economic assistance for Wisconsin producers following the passage of the American Relief Act, 2025, on December 20, 2024.

Recently, the U.S. Congress passed the American Relief Act, 2025 partly to provide a $10 billion ad hoc relief to crop producers. Under the provisions of the Act, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is authorized to provide economic assistance payments to crop producers within 90 days of the Act’s passage. The amount of assistance each producer or entity receives is determined by multiplying the economic aid allocated per acre by the total number of eligible acres for each crop.

The Act specifies that the per-acre economic assistance payment for each crop will be the higher of the following two options: 26% of the estimated economic loss, or 8% of the revenue, calculated by multiplying the statutory reference price by the national average PLC payment yield.