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million acres the Secretary of Agriculture will announce by mid-March whether one or both of these offers will be accepted.
For grain sorghum - the details are the same as for com, except that the payment rate for the qualifying 25 percent set-aside of the grain sorghum base will be 76 cents a bushel, and the payment rate will be 49 cents a bushel for the 10 percent additional voluntary diversion and for the 5 or 10 percent offer, if accepted.
For barley - farmers who sign up will set aside a qualifying acreage equal to 25 percent of their farm barley base, for which they will earn payments of 64 cents a bushel on the established farm yield times acreage set-aside. At signup a farmer may agree, if he chooses, to set aside up to 20 percent more of his barley base, for which he will receive payment of 42 cents a bushel times the established farm yield on this additional acreage.
Farmers have many choices to make in the 1972 set-aside programs.
First of all is the choice by farmers who have feed grain bases or wheat allotments on whether to participate in one or more of these voluntary programs. If a producer has a farm with feed grain bases and wheat allotments, he could participate in none, some, or all of the programs as he chooses, without penalty for non-participation.
For com and grain sorghum farmers who decide to participate, another choice will be whether to sign up for voluntary set-aside up to 10 percent of their bases, and also whether to offer to set aside 5 or 10 percent more at the option of the Secretary of Agriculture.
Barley producers who decide to participate will be choosing whether to offer voluntary set-aside up to 20 percent of their farm base in addition to their qualifying 25 percent set-aside for participation.
The set-aside farm programs are designed to give fanners as much latitude as possible, consistent with the aim of improving farm income. It means producers make their own farm management decisions.
As soon as official detailed program information is received in the county ASCS office, we will get it out to fanners.
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