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Many farmers in the Rappahannock area are apparently confused as to how the lh<x;5 Payment-In-Kind (1' 1K) program relates to Social Security, Bruce A. Hundley. Social Security manager in Culpeper, re|M>rts.

Under the PIK program, a farmer agrees to set aside part or all of his land previously used to produce a crop in exchange for receiving surplus federal commodities of the same crop at the usual harvest time. Commodities involved are wheat, corn, grain, sorghum, rice, and upland cotton.

In general, payment ,- under the PIK program are treated the same as other federal agricultural program payments, Hundley said. They are included in the farmer's gross income. Since the PIK payments are in the

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