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Acreage Program to
Balance Crop Supply
And Demand
Acreage set-aside provisions of the new farm legislation will serve national needs as well as benefit participants in the farm programs. By putting cropland into conservation uses, farmers will help prevent production of farm products beyond domestic use and export market needs while at the same time saving good cropland for future use when needed. So reports H. S. Barksdale, Chair-, man of the Rappahannock County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation (ASC) Committee. The U. S. Department of Agriculture has eliminated for 1971 the requirement that setaside acres must have produced a crop for harvest within one of the three preceding years. This requirement was changed because many producers have already made their farming plans for 1971 and in some cases have proceeded with land preparation, including fertilization, based on their familiarity with previous operation of farm programs. Nearly all producers have made credit arrangements, purchases of machinery, and other financial obligations based on prior program regulations regarding land set aside from production. Under these circumstances, enforcement of the new regulations for 1971 would have created an undue hardship on many U. S. producers.,
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