CORN GROWERS STAND ALONE

in calling for Revenue-based Payment Program

The National Corn Growers Assn. (NCGA) is the only national commodity group representing a major program crop calling for an end to production-based subsidies as part of the next farm bill rewrite. NCGA would replace the current system with a direct payment plan that would be tied to the average revenue in a farmer's home county. USDA proposed a plan whereby program crop producer payments would be tied to changes in national farm income. NCGA says its plan would add about $800 million a year to the cost of farm programs, starting in 2010. NCGA has been proposing the plan to other commodity groups, but reports indicate no takers so far.