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Recent changes in the 1986 Feed Grain and Wheat Programs should make them more attractive to local producers, according to Linda P. Henry, county executive director of the Rappahannock County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS).
Feed grain and wheat programs encourage producers to voluntarily reduce acreages planted to wheat, com, grain, sorghum, barley, and oats in order to bring supply more in line with demand. The reduced acreages (Acreage Conservation Reserve) must be devoted to a conserving use of grasses or legumes. A recent change allows producers to make hay or graze the land designated as acres of conservation reserve.
Producers who plant no more than 80 percent of their farm’s base to com, sorghum, barley and oats are eligible for deficiency payments, diversion payments and price support through commodity loans. The acreage reduction for wheat is 25 percent of the farm’s base with a special option for additional diversion equal to 5 to 10 percent of the farm’s base. Wheat producers are also eligible for deficiency payments as well as commodity loans.
Deficiency payments are based on the amount needed to bring the price farmers receive nationally up to the established target set for each crop. Target prices are $4.38 for
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