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Show Low crop yield to notify ASCS "Uintah County farmers who think they will be eligible to receive low yield payments on their wheat and feed grain crops should contact our office as soon as possible," LaRue Pickup, chairperson chair-person of the county Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committee, com-mittee, said. The ASCS disaster payment program covers crops affected by natural disasters such as strong winds, hail, heavy rains, frost or drought. To be eligible for disaster benefits, however, farmers must have filed an accurate acreage report and the county ASC committee must determine that the production loss was caused by the natural disaster. Payments are authorized for a farmer far-mer whose crop yield is less than 60 percent of the established yield for wheat and feed grains. "Payments are based on crop production losses below these percentages," he said. Farmers who store all or part of their harvested crop on the farm must have this production measured by ASCS before it is put to another use or commingled with production from another farm, he said. "Farmers who sell their production should identify barley, wheat, or corn sales slips, by farm, for proven yields or proven production, and turn in their slips when harvest is over," the ASCS official said. If the crop is so poor that it will not be carried to harvest for grain, ASCS must appraise the crop before its' destruction destruc-tion or substitute use. Disaster claims must be filed within 15 days after harvest. |
