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Planting Credit for
Grain Producers Rappahannock County Feed grain farmers who are unable to obtain enough blight-resistant corn seed to plant 45 percent of their feed grain base may receive ‘prevented planting credit,’ according to H. S. Barksdale, Chairman of the Rappahannock County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation (ASC) Committee.
This means that producers who qualify and make the required certification will not have their feed grain bases reduced for failure to plant corn. Farmers receiving ‘prevented planting credit’ may plant the acreage which would have been 1 put into corn to other crops if they choose, providing they are not quota crops. To qualify for ‘prevented planting credit’ a producer who . has a farm with an eligible feed , grain base must file a request at the County ASCS Office not later than 15 days after the end of the , normal planting period for corn in ; the County. For Rappahannock i County, the deadline for filing I requests is June 30, 1971. The request form is available at ; the County ASCS Office. On it, the producer will note which seed dealers (two or more) he tried to , obtain blight-resistant corn seed I from. The producer will also certify he , was unable to obtain sufficient blight-resistant corn seed to plant ; at least 45 percent of his farm’s , feed grain base. After all requests are filed, the County ASC Committee will first
| check with local seed dealers and then notify producers of the action i taken by the Committee on the i requests for ‘prevented planting credit.’ Blight-resistant corn seed is . either N seed (normal cytoplasm) or B seed (blend).
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