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operations, in some instances conserving bases still tended to keep producers locked into types of fanning operations that were no longer in'their best interest. Or they may have had to choose between staying out of farm programs or continuing an uneconomic farm operation. For instance, a dairy farmer with 500 acres was following the recommended grass-silage feeding program when his conserving base was established. So his conserving base was set on this basis. Since that time he has determined that grain silage would be the most efficient feed for his herd, and he has been growing corn. But he couldn’t participate in the feed grain program because he didn’t maintain his conserving base. Now his county ASC committee can adjust his farm’s conserving base in line with his actual farm operations, if the farmer asks for a downward adjustment.
Mr. Barksdale emphasized that adjustment cannot be made to accommodate set-aside acres. “By thar; “W mean prcfloccri cannot be given an adjustment in their conserving base simply to make up for the land they must set aside in order to participate in the 1971 farm programs. The county committee will review the entire farm operation on the basis of intended cropping.”
He also emphasized that conserving acreage which is recommended only for conserving uses, such as grass cover, must remain the conserving base. No authority is given for making an adjustment that will result in a conserving base of less than the i acreage recommended •
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