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Inclusionof barley and soybeans as substitute crops and the higher set-aside percentage are the most notable changes in the 1972 wheat .program, according to Powers, who is State Executive Director of the Virginia Agricultural stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS) which administers farm programs in the State.
These changes' reflect the present possibility of a large wheat harvest in 1971, the need for increased soybean acreage, and the necessity of assuring income protection for the farmer while also maintaining his greater decision-making freedom provided by the Agricultural Act of 1970. The substitution provision will enable a producer to plant all or any combination of his acreage to wheat, feed grain (corn, barley, grain sorghum) or soybeans without loss of planting history or program benefits. The announcement that barley will be included in the feed grain program for 1972, and may be substituted for wheat or viceversa, was made because in some areas fall-planted barley is an alternate crop for wheat. Soybeans will be allowed as a substitute crop in the feed grain program as well as the wheat program. Full details of the feed grain program will be announced as soon as possible. Several provisions of the 1971 wheat program are unchanged for
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