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By Greg Turner
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Linda P. Henry, a native of Warren County and a graduate of Marywood College with a degree in business administration, has been appointed new Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service director for Rappahannock County.
Ms. Henry has been a county executive director for Warren since 1974 and also is a management trainer who instruct new potential applicants on various aspects of management.
In March of this year the ASCS offices of Warren and Rappahannock counites combined administrations. Ms. Hemy commutes between Front Royal and Washington, staffing the Rappahannock ASCS office Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Ms. Henry is working on a feed grain and wheat program which is a voluntary acreage reduction porgram for producers of wheat, com, grain, sorgum, barley and oats. The required acreage reduction will help curtail the burdensome supplies of these commodities. The signup period ends April 25.
Mrs. Henry explained: “To participate a producer agrees to limit his or her planting of feed grain to 80 percent of an established base on the farm.”
The base is derived from the average of grain produced in the last five years. Wheat, which is in a separate category, is set at 75 percent of an established base.
Another aspect of the program is that farmers will be eligible for com
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