Ken Ripley

It just, it may have some additional risks that you need to be aware of.

Exactly.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yes.

And I tell you, the OB3, the one big, beautiful bill, did an amazing thing for these producers.

So historically, the Beginning Farmer Rancher Program had a five-year window of benefits.

That benefit window now went to 10 years.

So they doubled it.

In addition, they increased the premium support up.

So first year, if you're just starting farming in 2026, you are going to get an additional 15% of premium support.

for the first couple of years, then it goes to 13, then it goes 11, and then the remaining ones are at 10%.

So everybody is gaining more and for a longer period of time.

Now, if you were in a BFR qualifying, and let's say 2024 was your last year,

guess what?

You really have reopened more years of history.

You don't get to have 25 be one that's reduced, but 26, you're back in the program for the remaining years of your 10 years of eligibility.

So that, I mean, hats off.

I mean, knowing when I started farming, I was fortunate enough to start with my grandfather and we sharecropped.

So I came with good history, but maybe they're not that lucky to have that.