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Department of Agrl-. culture officials Issued a clart fying statement concerning some provisions of the new 1964 wheat program. The statement followed discussions with state agricultural stabilization and conservation committees at recent area meetings in connection with the administration of theprograrrt When the certificate program was announced some producers thought the provisions of price support were being changed after the crop was planted. The statement issued today is made to correct this misunderstanding.
Every wheat producer who was eligible for a price-support loan on his 1964 wheat crop before the passage of the new legislation is still eligible for the new higher loan rate based on a national average of $1.30 per bushel—up from the approximately $1.25 a bushel national average before the new program was available. The details of clarification are— 1. Wheat produced on any farm on which the wheat acreage is within the farm allotment is eligible for a pricesupport loan of purchase. EUgfr bility of wheat for the pricesupport loan is determined on the basis of the wheat acreage on each Individual farm and not on the basis of any other'
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