Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.

Page 11 · column 4 of 6 · from the scan, no model involved

The clipping this text was read from
The clipping this text was read from

gram decisions a farmer will make, once he decides

to be in one or more of the programs. His entire farm operating plan for the year is tied in with his decisions on farm program participation.

Before he signs up, he will want to know what land he is going to set aside if he’s in the feed grain or wheat programs, and he will have decided what cr-^ ops he’s going for — whether he will substitute crops, whether he will grow an alternate crop on his set-aside and take a payment reduction.

Substitution is continued in the 1973 farm programs, the ASC committee chairman pointed out. He explained that substitution means a producer may choose among the following crops — corn, grain sorghum, barley, wheat, soybeans — and still preserve his farm’s base or allotment record, earn program payments, and be eligible for loans so long as

93.3%