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$1.10 for corn; $.90 for barley; and $1.05 for sorghum; per-bushel diaster payments (equal to onethird the target price) of $.68 for wheat; $.46 for corn; $.38 for barley and $.44 for sorghum.
DISASTER PROVISIONS—Under the disaster provisions of the programs, county ASCS personnel must inspect and appraise the damage done to the crop prior to the awarding of payments. “There were some difficulties last year in many areas of the country when farmers plowed under their damaged crops before they notified the county ASCS office,” Taylor said. “When the inspector got to the farm, all he could see was plowed fields, not damaged crops.”
Disaster payments are made for two major reasons: prevented planting and low yields.
“For farms eligible for prevented planting payment, the payment will be computed on the basis of the farm’s payment yield times the allotted acreage on which planting is prevented,” Taylor said.
“To be eligible for an abnormally low yield payment, the total actual production for a crop must be less than the farm acreage allotment for that crop (or planted acres, if smaller) times the disaster program yield. The payment for the farm will be computed on a quantity equal to the difference between the payment yield times the farm allotment (or planted acres, if smaller) and the total actual production.”
For information on the provisions of the 1975 farm programs in Rappahannock County, contact the ASCS office.□
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