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| Yes, jodan, that's correct. You can't increase your number of base acres. You can reallocate the base acres you have by finding the percentage of crop acres planted from 2009-2012. For example if you planted 75% corn on a farm for those years and 25% beans, then you could increase your corn base on that farm if your existing corn base is less than 75% of your current base acres on that farm.
Example: 100 acre farm, 50 acres corn base, 50 acre bean base. If you planted the farm to all corn in 3 of the years from 2009-2012 and beans the other year then your percentage is 75% corn and 25% beans. Using your 100 base acres you could then reallocate to 75 corn base acres and 25 bean base acres. You are not increasing the base acres in this example, just gaining 25 corn base acres and losing 25 bean base acres. Hope that's clear.
It is generally thought increasing corn base is wise because it pays the most. If you have an oat base and don't plant them then reallocate to corn or beans. In areas that plant wheat it is thought wheat base is a little better than bean base. | |
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