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Compared to 1967 signup, biggest increases in number of farms signed up this year in major producing areas took place in Illinois, where this state total showed an increase of 27 percent; in Indiana, up 23 percent; in Ohio, up 16 percent; and Iowa, up 13 percent. Under 1968 program, farms with corn-sorghum bases of 25 acres or less can divert up to entire base and receive diversion payments for converting cropland to conserving use rather than grain production. Farms with 26 to 125 acres of corn-sorghum! base also can divert exactly 25 acres for payment provided they agreed not to plant any corn or grain sorghum on remaining base acreage. Farms in this latter group thus have agreed to reduce plantings by additional 1,538,236 acres of corn-sorghum base acreage without additional payment.
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