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Feed Grain Program
Optgs Choices
1972 feed grain program opens many choices to producers between now and the signup period for the 1972 f*rm set-aside programs, Jan. 17 - Feb. 25, local producers will be carefully studying all their farm management options, according to H. S. Barksdale, Rappahannock county farm program official.
Essentially the 1972 set-aside programs expand on the policy of leaving to farmers the determination of what “mix” of crops to plant on their farms. At the same time the programs are designed to increase farm income, help farmers get maximum return on investment, and educe excess carryover supplies.
For feed grains, the 1972 program raises the qualifying set-aside to 25 percent of the base acreage and offers farmers two new options for additional voluntary set-aside. It also raises the feed grain set-aside payment. Included in he 1972 feed grain program are com, grain sorghum, and barley.
A wider choice in making their 1972 plans is offered to farmers with feed grain bases or wheat allotments since they may sign up for program participation and plant soybeans, com, grain sorghum, barley or wheat, - singly or in any combination - to
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