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tlon of feed grains on other farms owned, 

 operated, or controlled by the farm operator, and 

 such other factors as the Secretary determines 

 should be considered for the purpose of establish- 

 ing fair and equitable feed grain bases. An acre- 

 age equal to the feed grain base so established for 

 each farm shall be deemed to have been devoted 

 to feed grains on the farm in each of the crop 

 years 1959 and 1960 for purposes of this subsection 

 except that producers on such farm shall not be 

 eligible for conservation payments for the first 

 year for which the feed grain base is established. 



(3) There are hereby authorized to be appro- 

 priated such amounts as may be necessary to en- 

 able the Secretary to carry out this subsection. 



(4) The Secretary shall provide by regulations 

 for the sharing of payments under this subsection 

 among producers on the farm on a fair and equi- 

 table basis and in keeping with existing contract''. 



(5) Payments in kind shall be made through 

 the Issuance of negotiable certificates which the 

 Commodity Credit Corporation shall redeem for 

 feed grains and, notwithstanding any other pro- 

 vision of law, the Commodity Credit Corporation 

 shall, in accordance with regulations prescribed 

 by the Secretary, assist the producer in the mar- 

 keting of such certificates. In the case of any 

 certificate not presented for redemption within 

 thirty days of the date of its issuance, reasonable 

 costs of storage and other carrying charges, as 

 determined by ths Secretary, for the period be- 

 ginning thirty days after its issuance and ending 

 with the date of its presentation for redemption 

 shall be deducted from the value of the certifi- 

 cate. Peed grains with which Commodity Credit 

 Corporation redeems certificates pursuant to this 

 paragraph shall be valued at not less than the 

 current support price, minus that part of the cur- 

 rent support price made available through pay- 

 ments in kind, plus reasonable carrying charges. 



(6) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

 law, the Secretary may, by mutual agreement with 

 the producer, terminate or modify any agreement 

 previously entered into pursuant to this subsection 

 If he determines such action necessary because of 

 an emergency created by drought or other disas- 

 ter, or in order to prevent or alleviate a shortage 

 in the supply of feed grains. 



(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

 law — 



(1) For the 1966 through 1970 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 sup- 

 plies and prices of feed grains and to meet any 

 national emergency, he may formulate and carry 

 out an acreage divereion program for feed grains, 

 without regard to provisions which would be 

 applicable to the regular agricultural conserva- 

 tion program, under which, subject to such terms 

 and conditions as the Secretary determines, con- 

 servation payments shall be made to producers 

 who divert acreage from the production of feed 



grains to an approved conservation use and In- 

 crease 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-in-kind, on the normal produc- 

 tion of the acreage diverted from the commodity 

 on the farm based on the farm projected yield 

 per acre. Notwithstanding the foregoing pro- 

 visions, 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 pro- 

 vide 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 to conservation 

 uses. The term "feed grains" means com, grain 

 sorghums, and, if designated by the Secretary, 

 barley, and if for any crop the producer so re- 

 quests for purposes of having acreage devoted to 

 the production of wheat considered as devoted to 

 the production of feed grains, pursuant to the 

 provisions of section 1339c of Title 7, the term 

 "feed grains" shall include oats and rye and bar- 

 ley 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 produc- 

 tion of wheat shall not be considered as an acre- 

 age of feed grains for purposes of establishing 

 the feed grain base acreage for the farm for sub- 

 sequent crops. Such feed grain diversion pro- 

 grams shall require the producer to take such 

 measures as the Secretary may deem appropriate 

 to keep such diverted acreage free from erosion, 

 insects, weeds, and rodents. The acreage eligi- 

 ble for participation in the program shall be 

 such acreage (not to exceed 50 per centum of 

 the average acreage on the farm devoted to feed 

 grains in the crop years 1959 and 1960 or twenty- 

 five acres, whichever is greater) as the Secre- 

 tary determines necessary to achieve the acreage 

 reduction goal for the crop. Payments shall be 

 made in kind. The acreage of wheat produced 

 on the farm during the crop years 1959. 1960. and 

 1961. pursuant to the exemption provided in sec- 



