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UNDER the disaster provisions of the 1975 Feed Grain and Wheat Programs, farms with feed grain and wheat allotments can be eligible for disaster payments to help offset crop losses due to a natural disaster or other causes beyond their control.
Producers may qualify for disaster payments when failure to plant or produce a normal crop on a feed grain or wheat farm is caused by: abnormal weather conditions such a& drought, flood, excessive rain, hail, unseasonable frost, high winds, etc.; or when excessive crop damage or destruction is due to insect infestation or plant disease, drifting herbicides, or livestock or game animals not under control of the producer on the farm.
The disaster provisions of the program require personnel of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS) to inspect and appraise the damage done to a crop prior to the awarding of payments. Disaster payments
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