Show Form Farm Price Support Program To Continue With Charges Changes The 1967 1167 feed grain program except t for a few lew basic changes trill ill be the same as in previous years This was reported by Karl KarlI count county agricultural sta sta- sta stabilization I conservation chair chair- chairman man BASIC CHANGES will bt be bea a higher loan rate higher total price support and the elimina lion tion of voluntary diversion for pa payments except on small farms for lor diversion pay pay- payments pa ments earned may maj be higher than In 1966 I The Chairman pointed out that the Im age farmers to di divert from 15 to 18 million 1 pared pard with 30 million acres of corn and grain sorghum land di in 1966 1916 tAs As announced previously barley is not included ld ed In the 1967 feed grain pro gram I Igram LOAN RATES for fOl the two grains are arc Increased for 1967 5 cents for corn and 9 cents for sorghum sorghum- and the price support loan of per bush bush- bushel el national average and pay ment of 30 cents a bushel For grain sorghum the loan will he be per pcr hundredweight na na- na national average and a payment of C 53 cents Loans will be avail able on all corn and grain rain sor produced on participating farms The support pay menu will be computed on the projected yield of acres planted up to 50 percent of the base acreage ALL FARMERS will divert 20 percent of the farms farm's grain corn sorghum base in order to f C foi r support price payments I and loans Except on small farms there will ill be no diver z Y zY Y slon sion payments The for additional diversion wd wad dropped from the program hi l view of the need for lor Increased production and the of DC encouraging the of 01 two much acreage as s well nr aC to simplify the program FOR SMALL farms the divi dive pro program ram provisions fo t 1967 ar are the same as for 1966 1966 baseli Farms with feed grain basel i of 25 acres or less will aga lt i be eligible for Cor diversion pay pa ments equivalent to 20 perce percent l or of the support loan loan plus price support payment for the tying diversion 20 percent oi o the base acreage and 50 pe per percent cent of the support or any ad acres diverted up to the total base Producers bases of more than 25 acreS who divert 25 acres and plant planE no feed grains will be eligible for Cor diversion payments ent to 20 percent of f the support on 5 acres and 50 percent o of the support on 20 acres i Conserving base and acres substitution age features of thin th 1967 program will continue as hi firs 1966 w Chairman said thaI the program signup period wd i begin early arly next year year with the thi wheat heat program signup being held at al the same same time W |