Had a farmer bring up the question about planting or not planting. Can you draw a payment under the proposed farm bill even if you don't plant any cotton? He...
7528
Cork, Warren
CorkW@...
May 3, 2002 2:16 pm
I wonder how many U.S. children know what a sheep is (outside of Peach Orchard, MO, of course)...
7529
Grey
grey@...
May 3, 2002 2:43 pm
On base, what if the farm has only grown cotton for one or two of the previous years? On target price, what monies total up the .7240? ... From: Don Shurley...
7530
Grey
grey@...
May 3, 2002 2:47 pm
ON receiving direct payments, can landlords get the money instead of the farmer? On target price, do we still have the LDP ? ... From: Don Shurley...
7531
Barry B. Bean
bbbean@...
May 3, 2002 2:58 pm
Thanks in large part to our friends in the EWG, and Senators Grassley and Lugar, there is a move afoot to not accept the Farm Bill conference report and send...
7532
Bill Brooks
bbrooks@...
May 3, 2002 3:28 pm
Raining here today. Good bit of cotton planted. Not sure how much to give an accurate % estimate. Several growers got started early and have a considerable...
7533
Wayne Bjorlie
Wayne_Bjorlie@...
May 3, 2002 3:31 pm
1. Sec 1101(a)(3) says the base will be the 4-yr avg. All 4 years are to be included in the avg, even yrs with no acreage. 2. 52 + 6.67 + p = 72.4 where p=...
7534
Andy Weaver
hedgeit@...
May 3, 2002 3:32 pm
I need some help. As I read this bill, Direct Payments will be based on 85% of base acres X payment yeild. What if you are updating bases, what payment yield...
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Wayne Bjorlie
Wayne_Bjorlie@...
May 3, 2002 3:32 pm
1. not my dept 2. LDP are unaffected by the target price ... ON receiving direct payments, can landlords get the money instead of the farmer? On target...
7536
Barry B. Bean
bbbean@...
May 3, 2002 3:55 pm
In response to the many e-mails I've received over the past several days, cotton-l was down due to server problems at AOL. We should be back up to speed now,...
7537
Bob Goodman
wgoodman@...
May 3, 2002 3:59 pm
... old payment yield i did some calculations on npv of commodity bases here in alabama based on fixed and countercyclical pmts only (i assumed if the price...
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Barry B. Bean
bbbean@...
May 3, 2002 4:08 pm
As I understand it (Fri AM), the Senate will vote on the farm bill next Wednesday, and should approve it 70/30. However, Ken Cook, Grassley, et al are working...
7539
Barry B. Bean
bbbean@...
May 3, 2002 5:19 pm
<Note: the following post is distributed periodically> Welcome to cotton-l. This mailing list has the potential to be a valuable tool for the cotton industry,...
7540
Barry B. Bean
bbbean@...
May 3, 2002 6:08 pm
I know that Grassley isn't up for re-election until 2004, but does anyone know when Lugar is up next? How about Dorgan? - B.B. Bean...
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Don Shurley
donshur@...
May 3, 2002 6:37 pm
I didn't get the answers I was looking for so I'll try again. This time just 1 question-- I have been told by a relaible Washington source that the counter ...
7542
Bob Goodman
wgoodman@...
May 3, 2002 6:48 pm
according to my very excellent sources, you have to be a farmer or "producer"; to collect any payments whatsoever. producer means owner operator tenant etc who...
7543
Grey
grey@...
May 3, 2002 9:00 pm
Please clarify, on receiving payments does the land have to be in production to receive the direct payment? the counter payment? What is the situation for...
7544
William Robert Goodman
wgoodman@...
May 3, 2002 9:36 pm
i looked it over with jim novak and all we could see is that it has to stay in an "agricultural or conserving use". in other words, you can't plant condos and...
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William Robert Goodman
wgoodman@...
May 3, 2002 9:43 pm
... no, it does not have to be in production to get the fixed payment. and i don't think it has to be to get the counter-cyclical but we will know more later....
7546
Grey
grey@...
May 4, 2002 1:14 am
Farmers are losing land every year now due to these loopholes that allow landowners to collect FSA checks. Back when the farmer got the FSA check and the...
7547
James Hinton
JFH.Farm@...
May 4, 2002 11:57 am
Here in West Texas we had some problems last year, but it was due to letting the marestails get too big. They take more water and coverage the larger they...
7548
Carl Hobbs
carl@...
May 4, 2002 12:16 pm
Concerning marestale, the GAPAC (http://www.georgiacropconsultants.org) is in the middle of spring weed burndown tests now at five locations across Georgia,...
7549
Crockett Farmers CO-OP
coop1@...
May 4, 2002 2:15 pm
Thanks Carl, James We have had some acceptable results with the paraquat/direx combo, but we had some marestail sprayed with 32oz of GramoxoneMAX and only a...
7550
Mark Marion
mmarion@...
May 5, 2002 9:23 pm
Regarding Reniform nematodes, there is an informative publication produced by the Beltwide Cotton Nematode Survey and Education Committee titled "Cotton...
7551
Wayne Bjorlie
Wayne_Bjorlie@...
May 6, 2002 12:54 pm
Caveat emptor. This is not my area of expertise. Those charged with worrying about these kinds of questions are busy thinking up how to run the new Act. In...
7552
Dirk Dimitry
dd77002@...
May 6, 2002 6:40 pm
Am I correct in calculating counter cyclical payments, that under the new farm bill growers will collect 13.73 cents per pound as long as the 12 month national...
7553
Mark Bagby
bagby@...
May 6, 2002 6:52 pm
... Am I correct in calculating counter cyclical payments, that under the new farm bill growers will collect 13.73 cents per pound as long as the 12 month...
7554
Mark Bagby
bagby@...
May 6, 2002 6:56 pm
... Am I correct in calculating counter cyclical payments, that under the new farm bill growers will collect 13.73 cents per pound as long as the 12 month...
7555
Mike Stevens
cotton@...
May 6, 2002 7:01 pm
Mark you answered some very pertinent questions (Dirk's) in the most straight forward, understandable fashion I have seen - thanks Mike...
7556
Roger Haldenby
haldenby@...
May 6, 2002 7:02 pm
... No. Payments are decoupled. That means production and base are not connected. You get paid program benefits on base times payment yield. You can put...
