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ASCS News
Farmers participating in the wheat program are asked to report acreage planted and diverted if they have not done so. Farmers participating in the feed grain program are asked to report their compliance now if they are not planting any feed grains. Those who are planting feed grains should report as soon as they finish planting. Did you know that from 1936 to 1962 farmers with costsharing assistance from the ACP have: 1. Constructed 1.6 million miles of terraces to control runoff water and erosion - seven times the distance to the moon. 2. Planted 3.6 million acres of trees for erosion control and forestry purposes - more than one tree for every person living on the earth today. 3. Improved 2.8 million acres of farm woodlands - almost the area of Connecticut. 4. Established 317 thousand miles of sod waterways for water management and erosion control - almost the distance an astronaut would travel in a dozen trips around the world. 5. Stripcropped 111 million acres to protect soil from jerosion - an area almost the size of Michigan, Georgia and !Florida combined. 6. Built 1.8 million farm ponds for water, grassland and wildlife conservation - an average of 36,000 for each of the 50 States. 7. Conserved scarce irrigation water by lining 11 thousand miles of ditches - four times the airline distance between Portland, Maine and Portland, Oregon.
8. Improved 275 million acres of rangeland by deferred grazing, contour tillage, and control of undesirable plantsalmost equal to the combined areas of Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah. 9. Established or re-established 800 million acres of j grass and legume cover for ’ soil protection against wind j and water erosion watershed protection, and land use adjustment - twice the combined area of North and South Dakota Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. 10. Have you applied for assistance in 1965?
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