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pahannock County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation (ASC) committee. “So, each producer should get details from his ASCS county office and then do some pencil pushing to see which program will yield him the best return on his land, labor, and management resources.”
Both the wheat and feed grain programs have plans allowing producers to set aside land or to participate this year without any setaside.
THE FEED grain program includes two plans. Under the basic plan, a farmer may set aside 25 percent of his feed grain base and receive payments, loans, and other program benefits without restricting his total feed grain acreage after maintaining his farm’s set-aside acreage and conserving base.
The feed grain program also offers a zero set-aside plan with lower program payments and a limitation on total feed grain acreage. Under this plan, the producer need maintain only his conserving base and is then free to plant soybeans or other crops on his remaining cropland.
Alternatives under the wheat program are also different from those last year. A producer who signs up and maintains his farm’s conserving base is eligible for certificate payments, loans, and other program benefits without setting aside any land. Or a farmer may earn set-aside payments in the wheat program by placing additional land in an optional setaside.
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