The Agriculture Act of 2018 provides a safety net for many of our county’s farmers.  The Cooperative Extension Service was charged with educating producers about their participation in the federal safety net programs.  Past farm bills have allowed or instructed USDA staff to assist participants in participating in these federal farm bill programs.   Under the law signed by President Trump in 2018 producers were directed to Cooperative Extension for assistance.   Part of the value of farmland is determined by its past participation in the federal farm program.   Landowners and farmers faced deadlines in early 2020 to make their decisions.  The extension service facilitated educational sessions with Butler County farmers and landowners as they tried to determine what federal farm bill program best fit their operation.  I also collaborated with the local FSA office to make sign up easier for participants.   I worked with local media to spread the word about the sign up.  I submitted news articles to our news media.  I discussed the program on our local radio station repeatedly.  The radio station reaches 6,000 people.  I worked with the Mammoth Cave Area Ag. Agents to facilitate a 2 hour regional meeting with where another knowledgeable county ag. agent that explained the farm bill.  There were many farmers in attendance.  The program was also broadcast via the ZOOM Video Conference Technology for farmers in other locations.  There was also a dedicated ZOOM video conference where the UK Grain Marketing Specialist presented on the arc/plc topic.  Meeting attendees learned how to update their PLC yields, learned how price and yield might affect program payments, and saw a prediction of their program benefits in ARC vs. PLC.  37 people attended the Butler County Sessions in person.  A paper evaluation was used at the end of each of 3 sessions.  Almost 24,000 crop production acres and 16,000 base acres were represented by those that attended Butler County Sessions alone.   Assuming that making the proper sign up decision will provide a $10 per acre per base acre per year advantage over doing nothing, the efforts mentioned about will have an economic impact of $800,000 over the life of this farm bill.  This does not account for increased PLC yields that landowners can and will make.   A paper survey was used to determine impact.  100% of attendees reported they will use the information they gained because of attending this extension program.  100 % of attendees will sign up for the program.  Participation in FSA programs is an important part of many farm's financial success, this extension program has been successful because clients are now properly enrolled and better understand their participation.  The decision these clients made will last the duration of this farm bill.  One farmer reported “Great Class, had no understanding when I came, now I am able to make an educated decision.