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Wheat Research
To Be Aided
Rappahannock County wheat growers are directly involved in the new Wheat Research and Promotion Act, according to H. S. Barksdale, Chairman of the Rappahannock Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation (ASC) Committee. Secretary of Agriculture Clifford M. Hardin has said, “Domestic utilization of wheat in human nutrition and industry can be encouraged by the recently enacted Wheat Research and Promotion Act. The prospect is quite promising that research can develop new products and greater utilization of wheat.”
Financing of the program under the new law is to come from proceeds of the 1968 wheat export certificate pool not claimed by eligible farmers.
Local wheat growers whose share of the export certificate pool amounts to $3.00 or more will receive notice directly from Rappahannock County ASCS Office telling them what their share., of the pool , is and explaining the options each grower has.
A producer may choose to receive his share of the export certificate pool or he may leave it in the pool to finance the research and promotion program.
Wheat growers in Rappahannock County, entitled to receive less than $3.00, will not receive a special notice but they can nevertheless claim theii
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