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The U. S. Department of Agriculture has announced that farmers in 21 Virginia counties will be permitted to graze livestock on lands previously set aside for conservation.
Officials at the Department’s agricultural stabilization and conservation service say that due to this summer’s drought conditions, farmers enrolled in the Payment in Kind (PIK) program will be permitted to graze livestock on their own conservation use acreage, which is land they had set aside from grain production. Grazing is restricted to livestock owned by producers as of August 1. They may graze livestock only on their land and may not let other producers graze their livestock on the conservation acreage.
Area counties included on the list are: Rappahannock, Fauquier, Prince William, Warren, Clarke, Culpeper, Madison, Orange, Greene, Spotsylvania, and Stafford.
ASCS officials emphasized that farmers in these counties must first obtain permission from their local ASCS office before turning the animals loose. This is to clear necessary paperwork.
Seventh District Congressman J. Kenneth Robinson called the emergency
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