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farmers enrolled in the Payment in Kind (PIK) program may graze their own livestock on land they set aside as conservation use acreage. But they must notify the local ASCS office of their intention to participate in the grazing.
Earlier this month, the Virginia Department of Agriculture issued a plea for financial institutions to cooperate with farmers struggling to meet their obligations on loan schedules. Commissioner S. Mason Carbaugh pointed out that farmers who were just beginning to recover from the 1980 drought and continuous low prices will now face new economic hardship and tough decisions if the hot, dry weather continues.
State statistics show that rain has varied from ten percent below normal in the southwest part of the state to 80 percent below normal in the east. Cash grain in the
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