Estimated number of allotment farms and acreage allotted, 1957 and 1958 crops 1 Has been apportioned among States. * Includes an increase of 1,441 acres for Valencia-type peanuts announced Mar. 21, 1957. The national marketing quota must be converted to a national acreage allotment by dividing the quota by the normal yield per acre of peanuts for the United States determined on the basis of the average yield per acre in the preceding 5 calendar years with necessary adjustments for trends in yields and for abnormal conditions. of production. The national acreage allotment less the acreage set aside for new farms is apportioned among the States on the basis of the State's share of the national acreage allotment for the preceding year. The State acreage allotment is apportioned through local committees among farms on the basis of past acreage of peanuts, taking into consideration previous allotments, abnormal conditions, land, labor and equipment available for the production of peanuts, crop-rotation practices, and soil and other physical factors affecting the production of peanuts. Whenever the Secretary determines that, on the basis of average yields per acre by types, adjusted for trends and abnormal conditions, the supply of any type or types is insufficient to meet the demand for cleaning and shelling purposes at which the Commodity Credit Corporation may sell its stocks of such peanuts, the Secretary is required to make appropriate increases in State acreage allotments. No State, however, may be increased above the acreage harvested in the State in 1947. The amount of the farm marketing quota is the actual production of the farm acreage allotment.___ The marketing of peanuts in excess of the farm marketing quota, or the marketing of peanuts from any farm for which no acreage allotment was determined, is subject to a penalty at a rate equal to 75 percent of the support price for peanuts for the marketing year beginning in the calendar year in which such peanuts are produced. Quotas are not applicable to any farm on which the acreage of peanuts harvested for nuts is 1 acre or less. Wheat acreage allotments and marketing quotas (2,493 counties) Quotas must be proclaimed not later than May 15 of any calendar year whenever the total supply for the marketing year beginning in such calendar year exceeds normal supply by more than 20 percent or the total supply is not less than normal supply and the average farm price for 3 successive months does not exceed 66 percent of parity. 21494-58-pt. 3-34 On April 19, 1957, marketing quotas were proclaimed for the 1958 crop of wheat based upon the following determination of normal supply for the 1958 crop and the marketing quota position as indicated by the supply percentage. Normal supply and marketing quota level: 1. Domestic consumption, 1956–57 (adjusted). 3. Total (item 1+item 2) 4. Allowance for carryover (20 percent of item 3). 5. Normal supply (item 3+item 4) _ . 6. Marketing quota level (120 percent of item 5) Total supply and supply percentage: 7. Estimated carryover, July 1, 1957. 8. Estimated production, 1957 9. Estimated imports, marketing year 1957-58. 10. Total supply (item 7+ item 8+item 9). 11. Supply percentage (item 10÷item 5).. Determination of national wheat acreage allotment: 1. Normal year's domestic consumption_-_-_million bushels.. 3. Total (item 1+ item 2) _ Million bushels (adjusted) 1 625 350 975 195 1, 170 1, 404 960 860 5 1,825 156. 0 636 324 _do_ - 960 288 1, 248 875 5 880 368 15.9 4. 30 percent of normal year's domestic consumption and 5. Normal year's domestic consumption 6. Indicated carryover, July 1, 1958. 1 Adjusted to provide a more normal amount of wheat for domestic use. acres.. 23, 144, 564 -do---- 55, 000, 000 State acreage allotments which are based on wheat acreages for the past 10 years with adjustments for planting trends, weather, and other factors were announced on April 19. A referendum must be held between the date of the issuance of the proclamation of the national marketing quota and July 25 to determine whether farmers favor or oppose such quota. In a referendum held June 20, 1957, 86.2 percent of the farmers voting favored marketing quotas on the 1958 crop of wheat. The national acreage allotment (less a reserve of not to exceed 1 percent thereof) is apportioned among States on the basis of the acreage seeded for the production of wheat during the 10 calendar years immediately preceding the calendar year in which the national acreage allotment is determined with adjustments for abnormal weather conditions and for trends in acreage. The State acreage allotment, less a reserve of not to exceed 3 percent thereof, is apportioned among the counties on the basis of the acreage seeded for the production of wheat during the 10 calendar years immediately preceding the calendar year in which the national acreage allotment is determined with adjustments for abnormal weather conditions and trends in acreage during such period and for the promotion of soil conservation practices. The allotment to the county is apportioned, through local, committees, among farms on the bases of past acreage of wheat tillable acres, crop-rotation practices, type of soil, and topography. Not more than 3 percent of the county allotment must be apportioned to farms on which wheat has not been planted during any of the 3 marketing years preceding the marketing year in which the allotment is made. The farm marketing quota is the actual production from the acreage planted to wheat on the farm less the farm marketing excess. The farm marketing excess is the normal yield times the excess acres but it may not exceed the difference between the actual production on the farm less normal production of the acreage allotment. The rate of penalty on wheat is 45 percent of the parity price per bushel on wheat as of May 1 of the calendar year in which the crop is harvested. The penalty may be avoided by (1) storing farm marketing excess in accordance with regulations established by the Secretary or (2) delivering such excess to the Secretary for his disposal. The farm marketing excess is subject to penalty even though it is used on the farm. A wheat marketing quota is not applicable to any farm on which the acreage planted to wheat does not exceed 15 acres or the normal production of the acreage planted to wheat of the current crop is less than 200 bushels. Recently enacted legislation (Public Law 85-203) permits farmers whose acreage allotment is less than 30 acres to grow up to 30 acres of wheat without being liable for marketing quota penalties for use exclusively on the farm where produced. If, for any marketing year, the acreage allotment for wheat for any State is 25,000 acres or less, the Secretary may designate such State as outside the commercial wheatproducing area for such marketing year. Cotton acreage allotments and marketing quotas (1,092 counties) A national marketing quota must be proclaimed not later than October 15 whenever, during any calendar year, it is determined that the total supply exceeds the normal supply for upland cotton and for extra long staple cotton, whenever the total supply exceeds normal supply by more than 8 percent. In Upland cotton. On October 11, 1957, a national marketing quota of 11,920,290 bales and a national acreage allotment of 17,391,304 acres were announced. accordance with the provisions of section 302 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, the national acreage allotment is the same as for 1956 and the national marketing quota has been set at the number of bales required to provide an acreage allotment of this size. 1 October crop estimate. Includes the commodity set-aside from normal marketing channels under title I of the Agricultural Act of 1954 and excludes current crop ginnings prior to Aug. 1. State acreage allotments were announced on October 18, 1957. Includes additional acreage required so that State allotment will equal 99 percent of prior year's allotment and also allocation to the State from the national reserve to provide minimum farm allotments pursuant to the provisions of the Agricultural Act of 1956. Extra long staple cotton.-On October 11, 1957, a national marketing quota of 79,022 standard bales of 500 pounds gross weight and a national acreage allotment of 83,286 acres were proclaimed for the 1958 crop. Quotas and allotments will apply principally to American-Egyptian, Sea Island (in the continental United States and Puerto Rico), and Sealand cotton. Total supply, 1957-58 marketing year: 1. Carryover, Aug. 1, 1957. 2. Indicated production, 1957. 3. Estimated imports. 4. Total (item 1+ item 2+ item 3)..... Normal supply, 1957-58 marketing year: 7. Total (item 5+item 6) . Bales 49, 900 190, 400 70,000 210, 300 115, 000 30, 000 145, 000 Arizona Georgia. New Mexico. Texas Puerto Rico. Acreage allotted, by State, 1957 crop compared with 1958 State Number of 1957 acreage designated allotted 1958 acreage allotted Total.. I North and south areas. Not later than December 15 following the proclamation of quotas a referendum must be held to determine whether farmers favor or oppose such quotas. Preliminary returns indicate that in referendums held December 10, 1957, 93 percent of the farmers voting favored quotas for the 1958 crop of upland cotton and 88.1 percent favored quotas for extra long staple cotton. The national acreage allotment is apportioned to the States on the basis of the acreage planted to cotton (or regarded as planted) in the 5 calendar years immediately preceding the calendar year in which the national marketing quota is proclaimed with adjustments for abnormal weather. The State acreage allotment is apportioned to counties on the basis of the acreage planted (or regarded as planted) to cotton in the 5 calendar years immediately preceding the calendar year in which the national marketing quota is proclaimed with adjustments for abnormal weather. The State committee is authorized to reserve not to exceed 10 percent (15 percent in the case of one State) of the State allotment for adjustments in county allotments due to trends in acreage, abnormal conditions affecting plantings, small or new farms, or to correct inequities in farm allotments and to prevent hardship. The county acreage allotment (less the reserve) is apportioned to farms on which cotton has been planted in any one of the past 3 years, (1) by allotting initially to each farm the smaller of 5 acres or the highest number of acres planted to cotton in such 3-year period and (2) by allotting the remainder to farms (other than those whose initial allotment was the highest number of acres planted in the past 3 years) on the basis of a county cropland percentage, excluding the acreages devoted to specified crops and nonirrigated lands in irrigated areas. No farm may be allotted an acreage under this provision in excess of the highest number of acres planted in the past 3 years. The county committee may reserve not to exceed 15 percent of the county allotment for establishing new farm allotments and for adjusting old farm allotments, but not less than 20 percent of the reserve must be allotted to farms which otherwise would receive allotments of not more than 15 acres. The farm marketing quota is the actual production from acreage planted to cotton on the farm less than farm marketing excess. The farm marketing excess is the normal yield times excess acres, but it may not exceed the difference between the actual production on the farm less the normal production of the acreage allotment. For upland cotton, the farm marketing excess is subject to a penalty at a rate equal to 50 percent of parity price as of June 15 of the calendar year in which the crop is produced and for extra long staple cotton the penalty rate is the higher of 50 percent of parity price or 50 percent of support price. Corn acreage allotments (932 counties) The Agricultural Act of 1956 made acreage allotments on the 1956 crop of corn ineffective and provided that a referendum of farmers be held not later than December 15, 1956, to determine whether farmers favor base acreages in lieu of acreage allotments for the 1957 and subsequent crops of corn for the duration of the acreage reserve program. Inasmuch as less than two-thirds of the farmers voting in the referendum held December 11, 1956, voted in favor of base acreages, acreage allotments on corn will continue in effect. The acreage allotment of corn for any calendar year (which must be proclaimed not later than February 1 of the calendar year in which such acreage allotment is determined) shall be that acreage in the commercial corn-producing area which, on the basis of the average yield for corn in such area during the 5 calendar years immediately preceding such calendar year, adjusted for abnormal weather conditions, will produce an amount of corn in such area, which together with corn produced in the United States outside the commercial corn-producing area and corn imported, make available a supply for the marketing year beginning in such calendar year, equal to the normal supply. The acreage allotment must be proclaimed not later than February 1 of the calendar year for which such acreage allotment was determined. The acreage allotment for corn is apportioned among counties in the commercial corn-producing area on the basis of acreage seeded for the production of corn during the 5 calendar years immediately preceding the calendar year in which the apportionment is determined with adjustments for abnormal weather conditions and for trends in acreage during such period and for the promotion of soil conservation practices. The acreage allotment for the county is apportioned through local committees among the farms within the county on the basis of tillable acreage, crop-rotation practices, type of soil, and topography. Although not expressly provided for in legislation, the acreage allotment for the commercial corn-producing area is apportioned among the States in such area to facilitate administration. |