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Show Deadline nears for sign-up Growers were reminded today to-day that April 15 is the last day for filing applications to take part in the 1966 feed grain program. Claude Hunting, chairman, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County, Committee, Commit-tee, points out that only growers grow-ers who participate in the program pro-gram will be eligible for price support on their 1966 crops of corn, barley, and grain sorghums. sor-ghums. As last year, the support sup-port is made available through loans, purchases, and price-support price-support payments. Besides qualifying for price support loans, purchases and payments, the participating grower also earns a diversion payment for shifting part of his feed grain base to a conserving con-serving use; the payment does not apply to the first 20 per cent diversion except on farms with small bases. The price-support price-support payments may be earned on the projected production pro-duction from an acreage up to 50 per cent of the total feed grain base for the farm by planting one or more of the feed grains corn, grain sorghums, sor-ghums, or barley, or by planting plant-ing soybeans in lieu of a feed grain. The chairman urges farmers who are interested in taking part in this year's feed grain program to call at the ASCS. County Office as soon as pos- sible, since the time is getting short until the signup deadline,' and signing up is a necessary first step in program participation. partici-pation. 1 Department of Agriculture officials are stressing the con-j t;nued need for full partici-J pation |
