“The U. S. Department of

“The U. S. Department of Agriculture today announced the major provisions of the 1964 voluntary feed grain program, designed to continue the progress made since 1961 in balancing supplies with needs and to protect incomes of feed grain and wheat producers as fully ' as possible. "The 1964 feed grain program will be basically the same as the successful 1963 program. In line with producers' recommendations, the Department has held changes to the fewest consistent with law and economic circumstances. “The major change is an increase in the top limit on diversion from a farm’s base acreage with an increase in the rate of payment for maximum diversion. This change is intended to encourage producers to divert additional feed grain acreage and to increase their income. In 1964, a producer may divert as much as 50 percent of his feed grain base acreage (in 1963 it was 40 percent), and those who divert from 40 to 50 percent will receive diversion payments at the maximum rate for all acres diverted. As before, the maximum acreage diversion will be 25 acres if this is more than 50 percent of the base. “Officials said that in preparing the 1964 feed grain program careful consideration was given to the alternatives which could help maintain income from wheat while continuing progress in meeting the feed grain program objective — increasing farm income, reducing gov