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PUBLIC LAW 89-321-NOV. 3, 1965

[79 STAT.

an acreage on the farm equal to the number of acres which such operator agrees to divert, and the agreement shall so provide. In any case in which the failure of a producer to comply fully with the terms and conditions of the programs formulated under this subsection (e) and 77 Stat. 44. subsection (d) of this section preclude the making of payments-innote"^*^ ^'*'*^ kind, the Secretary may, nevertheless, make such payments-in-kind in such amounts as he determines to l>e equitable in relation to the seriousness of the default." SEC. 302. Section 16 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allot49 Stat. 163, ment Act, as amended, is amended by adding the following new ^\\^"USC 59op. subsection: " (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law— "(1) For the 1966 through 1969 crops of feed grains, if the Secretary determines that the total supply of feed grains will, in the absence of an acreage diversion program, likely be excessive, taking into account the need for an adequate carryover to maintain reasonable and stable supplies and prices of feed grains and to meet any national emergency, he may formulate and carry out an acreage diversion program for feed grains, without regard to provisions which would be applicable to the regular agricultural conservation program, under which, subject to such terms Conservation and couditions as the Secretary determines, conservation payments paymen s. shall be made to producers who divert acreage from the production of feed grains to an approved conservation use and increase their average acreage of cropland devoted in 1959 and 1960 to designated soil-conserving crops or practices including summer fallow and idle land by an equal amount. Payments shall be made at such rate or rates as the Secretary determines will provide producers with a fair and reasonable return for the acreage diverted, but not in excess of 50 per centum of the estimated basic county support rate, including the lowest rate of payment-inkind, on the normal production of the acreage diverted from the commodity on the farm based on the farm projected yield per acre. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the Secretary may permit all or any part of such diverted acreage to be devoted to the production of guar, sesame, safflower, sunflower, castor beans, mustard seed, crambe, plantago ovato, and flaxseed, if he determines that such production of the commodity is needed to provide an adequate supply, is not likely to increase the cost of the price support program, and will not adversely affect farm income subject to the condition that payment with respect to diverted acreage devoted to any such crop shall be at a rate determined by the Secretary to be fair and reasonable, taking into consideration the use of such acreage for the production of such crops, but in no event shall the payment exceed one-half the rate which otherwise would be applicable if such acreage were devoted "Feed grains." to conservation uses. The term 'feed grains' means corn, grain sorghums, and, if designated by the Secretary, barley, and if for any crop the producer so requests for purposes of having acreage devoted to the production of wheat considered as devoted to the production of feed grains, pursuant to the ]>rovisions of section 76^|tat.^63L 328 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1962, the term 'feed 7 u 1339c. grains' shall include oats and rye and barley if not designated by the Secretary as provided above: Provided. That acreages of corn, grain sorghums, and, if designated by the Secretary, barley, shall not be planted in lieu of acreages of oats and rye and barley if not designated by the Secretary as provided above: Provided further. That the acreage devoted to the production of

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