—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 17, 1973
8
1973 Feed Grain
Changes Explained
On Jan. 31, 1973, Secretary of
Agriculture Earl L. Butz an
nounced changes in the 1973 feed
grain program. Set-aside
requirements are being reduced.
As a result, it is anticipated that
farmers will plant larger corn
and soybean crops in response to
an increased domestic and export
demand which has developed
since the earlier program was
announced on Dec. 11, 1972.
The Changes
- The required set-aside for a
farmer to be in full compliance
has been changed from 30 to 25
percent of the producer’s feed
grain base. If a participating
farmer wants to devote more
acreage to crops, and elects not
to comply fully with the feed
grain program, then the required
set-aside has been changed from
15 to 0 percent.
- If a participating farmer sets
aside an acreage equal to 25
percent of his base, the payment
rate will be 32 cents per bushel
for corn, 30 cents per bushel for
grain sorghum and 26 cents per
bushel for barley. These rates are
paid on the established farm
yield times one-half the feed
grain base.
- A participating farmer who
elects not to set aside any
acreage must limit his 1973 feed
grain acreage to the total he
planted for harvest in 1972,
Payment rates will be 15 cents
per bushel for com, 14 cents per
bushel for grain sorghum and 12
cents per bushel on barley. These
rates are paid on the established
farm yield times one-half the feed
grain base.
- Producers may elect to graze,
make hay, or make silage from
conserving crops grown on the
feed grain and wheat set-aside
acreages at any time. Their
payment, however, will be
reduced for such use.
Factors Contributing
to the Changes
The USDA now expects a
higher rate of domestic feed
grain use in the months ahead
based on increasing livestock
numbers, cold weather, and
heavier feeding. Estimates of
domestic usage of corn in 1972
have been revised upward since
Dec 11. Corn usage is estimated
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The projected feed grain usage
for 1973 has also been raised from
earlier figures. Thejevised
projections are now up 250
million bushels for com and 10
million tons for feed grains.
A stronger demand for export
feed grains also appears to be
developing in 1973.
Drought conditions are con
tinuing in South Africa, a major
feed grain exporting country.
This country has been exporting
two to four million tons of feed
grain each year. For 1973-74,
South Africa may not even be
able to produce enough feed
grains to meet its domestic
needs. It has, however, enough
carryover stocks of feed grains to
meet its internal demands, but
not enough to export very much
grain. The United States
probably will fill the export
demand that South Africa or
dinarily meets.
Australia is also having
weather problems. Its December
wheat harvest was down con
siderably from previous years.
Australia will likely use part of
its grain sorghum crop to help
meet feed demands caused by the
short wheat crop. Australia
exported almost one million tons
of grain sorghum this last year.
A drought situation is lingering
m India. India has already
bought about two million tons of
grains including one-half million
tons of grain sorghum.
Unfavorable weather caused
the Soviet Union to plant 17
million fewer acres of winter
wheat than its planting goals.
There has been little snow cover
to date over much of the Soviet
wheat growing area. A cold spell
could cause extensive damage.
The Soviets will try to make up
for their short winter wheat
plantings with heavier spring
plantings, but even then, Russian
grain stocks are low and will need
to be replenished.
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the Soviets have kept their
livestock numbers up during this
present grain shortage situation.
In earlier grain shortages, the
Russians slaughtered a large
number of animals. Soviet cattle
numbers actually have risen two
million head from a year earlier.
Hog numbers declined from 71
million in January, 1972, to 66
million in January, 1973; but
when the Soviet Union went
through a similar grain shortage
situation in 1963 they cut hog
numbers by 30 million head.
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1973-74. It appears that the
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about meeting increasing con
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Expected Results
As a result of changes in the
1973 program for cotton, wheat
and feed grains it is anticipated
that there willbenearly4o million
fewer acres set aside than the
61 Vfe million acres set aside in the
1972 programs. (This reflects the
latest revision in the 1973 feed
grain program as well as the
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earlier revisions in the wheat and
cotton programs). This ad
ditional acreage not in the set
aside programs for 1973 will
make enough production
available to meet rising domestic
and export demands.
The decision to permit grazing,
haying or making silage from
conserving crops grown on feed
grain and wheat set-aside
acreages will further add to the
livestock feed supply, assisting
producers in meeting the in
creased demand for livestock.
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