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to discuss and advise on the wheat and feed grain situations and provisions of the 1972 wheat program.

The Secretary has also requested statistics, projections and recommendations on wheat from several agencies in the Department of Agriculture, including ASCS, which administers the wheat set-aside program. ASCS called in a group of State ASC Committeemen-all farmersfrom the major wheat States to get recommendations onlhe 1972 wheat provisions. Secretary Hardin is also hearing from--and listening to--farm groups and individual farmers on the subject. No decisions will be made without careful consideration of all the factors. The time factor is recognized as very important, Rappahannock County ASC Committee Chairman Barksdale said and assured wheat growers that information on the 1972 program will be released as soon as possible after program decisions are made.

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