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farm, -must be produced from acreage eligible - for_price support,.regardiess within the farm allotment to be of the size of the allotment. A farmer with no allotment is not eligible for price support.
(2) Farmers who produce 16 or more acres of wheat for grain are subject to a marketing penalty on all wheat produced on acreage in excess of the farm allotment. Thus a farmer with 10-acre allotment who produces 16 acres must pay a marketing penalty on the production from 6 acres. Any farmer can produce as much as 15 acres of wheat and market it free of penalty. .
(3) Price supports in 1954 will be at 90 per cent of parity which means that the base rate in Virginia will likely be about the same as this year$2.37 to $2.41 per bushel. -(4)— The marketing—penalty—on "excess” wheat, set at 45 per cent of national parity, will probably be about $1.10 per bushel.
(5) Compliance with individual farm acreage allotment will be determined by PMA.
Wheat price supports mean a great deal to farmers, yet they will be denied to those farmers who render themselves ineligible through violating the wheat quota program regulations.”
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