Ttaursw November 6. 1969
David McLeod Explains
1970 Wheat Program
Many provisions of the re-cently-announced
1970 wheat
procram are roquhed by law
while others are optional wltn
the Secretary of Acriojlture ac
cording to Manager David Mc
Leod of the Morrow Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
Service office.
I think it would be helpful
to farmers to understand Just
what the law spells out,' the
ASCS manager said. 'For in-
... nnanu fariflPrS I haVC
maun-, . . .7 . .
talked with didn't realize the
ed to conserving use. No pay
ment has been made for this
qualifying diversion since 10t5.
Optional with the Secretary of
Agriculture, however, is divers
ion for payment In addition to
the qualifying diversion. It is
Included in the 1970 program.
A farmer may earn payment for
diverting up to half his wheat
allotment to conserving use.
The maximum diversion pay
ment rate permitted by law is
50 percent of the county loan
rate multiplied ny me iarm pro
talked wltn aiani rcn wted yield. Secretary Hardin
required non-payment farm ac- hgg Rpt hp diversion payment
reage diversion Is written spe- fof ig70 at tne pormjttpd
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"Of course all the provisions
ika .i Vio.Tt nrnrrnm are auth
orized by Congress. But the law
makers made some of the pro
visions mandatory, reserved oth
ers for determination by the
Secretary of Agriculture," he
added.
McLeod gave the following
summary of the 1970 wheat al
lotment and program, highlight-
! lU rnnllirctnontS flf the lilW
and the options exercised by
Secretary ol Agriculture nmwu
M. Hardin.
najion wheat allotment
for 1970 was set at 45.5 million
acres by the secretary. But he
was required by law first to set
a quota, which is the amount
of wheat needed to meet export
and domestic requirements, tak
ing into account the wheat held
by the Commodity Credit Cor
poration as carryover stocks.
Requirements for 1970 were
estimated to be 1,310 million
bushels. This was adjusted
downward by 55 million bush
els, as a desired reduction in
CCC stocks. So a quota of 1,255
million bushels was arrived at
for 1970.
The law provides that the
Secretary of Agriculture shall
set as the wheat allotment ine
number of acres which will pro
Hnpo thp amount of wheat
nmial tn thf flllotfl.
The law also provides that
fimWtpri viold ner acre and nor-
mnl underDlantincs must be
considered in setting the nation
wheat allotment. Underplanting
as the result of pairt diversion
pgnnnt ha rnnsidorpd In estab
lishing the allotment. All other
factors which would result in
underplanting or overplanting
must be considered.
The 1970 projected yield was
determined to be 28.9 bushels
per acre. Net underplantings
were determined to be 2 mil
lion acres.
Taking into account, as re
quired bv law, the national quo
ta of 1,255 million bushels, the
nroieoted vield of 28.9 bushels
per acre, and the estimated net
iinrlprnlantincr tf 2 million nr.
rpc Rrrptnrv Hnrrlin ftp n 1Q70
national wheat allotment of 45.5
million acres.
Just as in setting the national
wheat allotment, so in setting
wneat program provisions some
are required by law, some are
optional with the Secretary of
Agriculture.
Substitution between wheat
and feed grains is optional
when a feed grain diversion pro
gram is in effect. The decision
was to include substitution in
the 1970 program.
Farms with a wheat allotment
and a feed grain base may use
the substitution provision by
diverting the minimum of 20
percent of the feed grain base.
The remaining base may then
be used for wheat. This Is the
same as required In the 1969
program.
Participants who substitute
wheat for Oat-Rye in 1970 will
also be required to divert 20 per
cent of their Oat-Rye base. In
1969 the diversion requirement
was 15 percent
The overplanting provision Is
specifically required by the law.
This allows wheat farmers to
overplant allotments by 50 per
cent and then store the excess
wheat for use in a subsequent
year.
The law requires as a condit
ion of eligibility for participat
ing in the wheat program an
acreage diversion whenever the
national allotment Is reduced
below a base figure of 59.3 mil
lion acres. (This figure is a 55-million-acre
base plus small
farm acreage, in compliance
with the law). The acreage dif
ference between the farm allot
ment based on the 59.3-million-acre
figure and the lower nat
ional alotment, (45.5 million
acres In 1970) shall be divert-
rat a vlmil m
Regarding price support, the
law provides mat ine secre
tary of Agriculture shall estab
lish the price-support loan rate
at a level which takes into con
sideration world market prices
of wheat, the feeding value of
wheat in relation to feed grains,
and the level at which price
support Is made available for
feed grains. The 1H7U national
nvpraL'e loan rate was set at
$1.25 a bushel, as It has been
cirwn 1 ();(;;
The- law -sets- up- provisions for
the domestic marketing certiti
cates which are part of the
price-support program, ine cer-ifi,-atfiu
mnut hn hasod on the
estimated percentage of the
rron on Darticipating farms
n-hir'h will pnual exDected do
mestic food use. The estimate
for 1970 is 48 percent of the
crop 530 million bushels.
The law also provides that
value of the certificates must be
the difference between parity on
July 1, 1970, and the 1970 loan
rate. For 1969 the value of do
mestic marketing certificates as
$1.52 per bushel.
Not all the legal provisions af
fnftlniT tho 1970 wheat allot
ments and program could pos
sibly be summarizzed, said Mc
Leod. However, he said the pre
ceding included the key points
of most interest to wheat farm
ers planning for the future.
Documents Needed
For Wool Payment
Wool producers were reminded
today they should bring sales
documents for shorn wool and
unshorn lambs to the Morrow
County Agricultural Stabiliza
tion anH Conservation Service
office to earn incentive pay
ments lor tne law marKeungs.
Sales of both wool and unshorn
lambs may be included in a
single application for payment,
according to uavia jvicueou,
manager.
Prnrlunam alcH WOTA TTm i t"w1 lf1
IV.1, imi.oIi fiL-.io n1 all nnahnrn
lambs, including the lambs in
ewe-Jamb pairs, must De report
ed when applciation is filed for
vunr lnivntiv navment. McLeod
said wool producers occasionally
overlook reporting purchases of
rpnlarement stock, but the ASCS
county office must have an ac-
onrnfA rupnrH nf nnrrhflsps as
well as sales or unsnorn jamus.
Wool delivery expenses not
shown in the sales documents
should be reported when pro
ducers apply for incentive pay
ments. The ASCS manager pointed
out that under the National
Wool Act all producers who mar
ket wool and mohair in 1969
are eligible for incentive pay
ments. Shorn wool payments to a pro
ducer are equal to a percentage
of his returns from sales. The
percentage is that required to
raise the national average price
received for shorn wool by all
producers up to 66 ments a
pound. Mohair payments are de
termined in a similar manner,
with the national incentive price
set at 77.4 cents a pound.
Sewing Club Meets
Needle Threaders 4-H Club of
Irrigon met at the home of Mrs.
Vern Evans. Officers elected
were Karen Richards, President;
Peggy Hinkley, Vice President;
Debbie Grochowskl, Secretary;
Kathleen Evans, Treasurer; Erin
Evans, Sergeant-at-arms. Edie
Brasel, news reporter. We dis
cussed what to do at the next
meeting. We decided we could
meet on the 1st and 3rd Satur
days of every month at 1:30.
Edythe Brasel, reporter
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