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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1943
Page
7
A regional panel discussed payments for production practices amid funding constraints. Officials from the agriculture department and local farming groups outlined eligibility, timelines, and verification steps, seeking clearer criteria to support sustainable methods and crop yields.
The text explains deductions from crop adjustment payments if farmers miss 90 percent of war crop goals, with $15 per acre under 90 percent, except when floods or drought cause the shortfall. It describes the production practice program as a wartime soil conservation effort to boost soil health, water use, range forage, and erosion control, thereby increasing yields.
The Farm Security Administration offers operating loans for farm and home needs with five year terms at five percent, land rental, equipment, and improvements. Farm Ownership Long Term Loans at three percent enable tenants and workers to buy farms and expand family farms. Cooperative and Water Facilities Loans aid purchases and irrigation, with three to five percent interest and three to five year terms. County supervisors provide guidance and on farm training in production planning and home management.
The article explains how farmer payments are calculated by multiplying crop rates by the farm’s normal yield, with the final payout depending on meeting goals for six allotment crops and special war crops. It covers why acreage allotments are needed, lists crop rates for cotton peanuts rice and tobacco, and notes penalties for exceeding or failing to meet allotments, including special rules for peanuts and rice.
Farmers will be paid only for actual performance. Rates vary by state and county as officials calculate payment levels. Factors include estimated average cost of performing the practice and the relative need for the practice.
The payment goes to the party who carries out the practice. If the landlord and tenant execute the practice, they share the payment based on each party's cash contribution to carrying out the practice. If the landlord and sharecropper perform it, they divide the payment according to their respective contributions.
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