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81 Farmers Enroll in
Feed Grain Program
The seven \yeek long signup
grain program endecTFriday March 27th with 81 county farms enrolled, the ASCS county office has announced. These farms intend to divert 1035 acres from this year’s plantings of corn, barley, and grain sorghum. The entire acreage not planted to these grains will be put into soil conserving use, H. S. Barksdale, chairman of the ASCS county committee said. A report from the ASCS State office shows that a total of 21,848 Virginia farms have signed up in the 1964 feed grain program to divert 217,611 acres. This compares with 20,637 farmers signed up a year ago under the 1963 program to divert 190,937 acres. Farmers who participated in the feed grain program earn payments on diverted acres and, in addition, earn payments on the feed grains planted. Total payments to Virginia farmers under the 1964 program are expected to exceed $7 million, Mr. Barksdale explained. Mr. Barksdale said that the objective of the feed grain program is to help bring production into line with demand, to reduce excessive stocks, and to cut Government costs. Farmers contribute to this goal by voluntarily diverting feed grain acreage. The program has operated since 1961.
Experience is what keeps a man who makes the same mistake twice from admitting it the third time around.
— Terry McCormick
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