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“IT SHOULD not be necessary to ask farmers to idle land in 1975,” Kenneth E. Frick told farm leaders in reference to government programs for wheat and feed grains.
Last July, Secretary of Agriculture Earl L. Butz announced the lifting of all acreage set-aside (idling) provisions for 1974 programs. Frick said the current grain production and demand outlook indicates a need for continuation of a full production policy in 1975.
“There are two main reasons we should be able to continue our ‘hands-off’ policy in farmers’ produc
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