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VIRGINIA’S potential for crop production will be increased by at least 85,700 acres next year over the available farm land this year, reports Mahlon K. Rudy, State Executive Director of the Virginia Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS).
This total was calculated following official notice to loca) ASCS offices that there will be ho set-aside of land in 1974 for feed grain, wheat or cotton, that maintenance of an established conserving base will not be required, and longterm land reserve agreements may be ended at the option of producers.
“It’s not likely that all this potential added acreage will go into crops,” the ASCS official said. “But it is very likely that most of it will be used for production of either crops or livestock.”
Having more land available for production should be good news for the farmers, grocery shoppers, and the nation as a whole. Rudy said. Both domestic and export market demand is expected to continue strong.
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