ASCS NEWS
Wheat Price Support For 1969
Farmers enrolled in the 1969 sc; Garlicky—loc; Light Smutty
Wheat Program are eligible for —2c; Smutty—6c.
price support loans on the 1969 Warehouse storage is available
wheat crop. at Cargill’s, Marietta, and Weav-
Loan rate for wheat stored on er’s at Lime Rock and New Prov
the farm is $l3B per bushel for idence.
N°- * wheat Warehouse loan wheat loans do not mature
rate for No 1 wheat is $1.27 per untll ApriL 30 1970- If the ice
bushel f»r wheat delivered be- of wheat goes up farmers can
fore July Hth., and $1 28 per rec i a i m their wheat by repaying
bushel from July 11th. to Aug- the loan, plus interest.
u ®f . , „ Wheat Certificate Payments
The following discounts will p ai mers enrolled ; n the wheat
be made from the No 1 rate, program are eligible for wheat
based on grade determination - certificate payments on the
No. 2 1c; No 3 3c, No 4 wheat harvested, up to 43% of
6c; No. s—9c; Light Garlicky— t he allotment
The payment rate for wheat
certificates was announced this
week by chairman Fred Seldom
ndge (see story page 1).
1970 Wheat Allotments
Preliminaiy woik has been
completed for 1970 wheat allot
ments. After the national allot
ment has been announced, indi
vidual allotments will be mailed
to all wheat farmers
Farmers are reminded that
any appeal of the wheat allot
ment must be filed in wilting,
within fifteen days o c the date
on the allotment notice
Wool Program
Farmers selling wool are re
minded to file application for
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 12,1969
SECOND SECTION
Hearing On Milk
Self-Assessment
Plan To Be Held
A public hearing on a propos
ed self-assessment plan for milk
producers will be held July 15 at
the State Agriculture Building.
State Agriculture Secretary
Leland H. Bull said he was call
ing the meeting, scheduled to
begin at 10 a m., at the request
of a group of milk producers
Secretary Bull said testimony
wool incentive payment at the
County Office
Original sales slips must be
submitted showing date of sale,
name and address of buyei and
seller, numbei of pounds sold
and amount received The sales
slip must be signed by the per
son buying the wool
Applications should also be fil
ed for unshorn lambs sold These
sales slips must complete sale
information plus a certification
signed by the buyer that the
lambs weie unshorn at the time
of sale
Agricultural Conservation
Piogram
Farmers who have completed
practices under the 1969 AGP,
must sign and return form ACP
-245; with copies of sales slips
for material used in completing
the practice. Payments for prac
tices will start in the near fu
ture.
will be received concerning a
proposed assessment of one-half
of one percent of the gross value
of a producer’s milk less hauling
charges.
He explained that the assess
ment would be approximately
three cents a hundredweight and
would raise roughly $2 million,
yearly for research and promo
tion.
If testimony at the hearing
favors an assessment, Secretary
Bull said he will ask producers
to vote December 17.
Every dairy farmer in Penn
sylvania who sells milk would
receive a ballot.
Money raised through the pro
posed assessment plan would be
collected by the State Depart
ment of Agriculture
A 15-man advisory board, se
lected by the State Agriculture
Secietary, would advise and as
sist the Secietary in administer
ing a milk maiketmg program,
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CATTLE FEEDS
If its “better profit” you
want these are the feeds
to use!
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