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Ag. Dept. Announces
’69 Feed Program
A voluntary 1969 feed grain program virtually identical to that for 1968 has been announced by Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman.
Signup will be conducted simultaneously for feed grains, and wheat from February 3 through March 21.
Target for acreage diversion in 1969 is 37 million acres of corn, grain sorghum and barley. This compares to the 1968 diversion of 32.4 million acres when barley was not included in the program. The 37-milliorr acre diversion target for next year is designed to produce a 1969 crop aboutjl to 5 million tons below estimated requirements. Utilization is increasing because of greater domestic livestock production, and corn exports are expected to show modest gains.
Price-support loan and payment levels for corn and sorghum will be the same as in 1968.
Producers may participate in the 1969 feed grain program by reducing their total base acreage by at least 20 percent. Additional acreage reduction is being encouraged by acreage diversion payments based on 45 percent of
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