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Crop deficiency
payments
increase
Because many farmers need payments now, the Secretary of Agriculture has authorized a nationwide, across-the-board 10 percent increase in 1986 advance deficiency payfn6'rit£TiScc6rding to Linda P. Henry, County Executive Director of the Rappahannock County ASCS Office.
The 1985 Farm Bill specifies that up to 50 percent of crop deficiency payments may be paid in advance. Up to now, producers of program crops received 40 percent. With the recent announcement, all farmers, in every state, will receive an additional 10 percent in generic certificates.
Mrs. Henry stated that farmers in Rappahannock County who are participating in the 1986 acreage reduction programs have automatically been issued the additional 10 percent if they requested advance payment at time of signup.
Payments are made in the form of negotiable commodity certificates that farmers may trade, sell, or apply to outstanding commodity loans.
Co-op prepares
for anniversary
“We’re going to have a good time and a lot of things on sale,” said Gordon Thornhill, manager of the Rappahannock Farmers’ Cooperative. The Co-op will be celebrating its seventh anniversary Friday and Saturday at the store on Rt. 211 between Washington and Sperryville.
On Friday, from 10 a.m. “until we run out,” there will be 10- cent hot dogs and nickel soft drinks. “We usually sell about 125 pounds of hot dogs,” Mr. Thornhill said. The Rappahannock 4-H Club will be dishing out the dogs and drinks.
Beginning at 6 p.m., there will be live entertainment in addition to the food.
The Co-op will be open until 9 p.m. on Friday, and the sale will continue through closing on Saturday.
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