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Wheat Acreage
Allotment Increased
Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman announced a 15 percent increase in the national acreage allotment for wheat for the 1967 crop. This represents a regular allotment of 55 million acres plus small farm increases to make an effective allotment of 59.3 million ^cres. J' \ \ The Secretary* said thil means that U. S. farmers will be permitted to plant an additional 7.7 million acres of wheat this fall and next spring for harvest in 1967. He forecast a 'substantial increase* in farm income as a result. The effective allotment in 1966 was 51.6 million acres. The 1967 allotment is the largest in six years. It will mean that wheat acreage on most farms in 1967 will be at a level equal to the period of 1955 through 1961.
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