22—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. August 23.1969 Secretary Of Agriculture Announces 1970 Wheat Program Sccictary of Agriculture Clif foid M Haidin today announc ed a 1970 wheal piogram aimed at strengthening the U S. posi tion in world markets and at continuing the effort to bring wheat production into line with needs The 1970 program has five important features 1 The national average price suppoit loan level will be $125 per bushel Unchanged from re cent yeais, this level is being maintained in an effoit to achieve maximum utilization of wheat through inci eased ex poits and continued large live stock feed use 2 A diversion program at the maximum payment rate of 50 percent of county loan rates is aimed at avoiding production of 80 to 90 million bushels of un needed wheat This feature will allow pioducers to tailor their plantings by diverting up to one-half of their acreage allot ments while maintaining in comes through diveision pay ments 3 The national wheat acre age allotment of 45 5 million acres is designed to reduce stocks and reverse the three year upwaid tiend in carryover levels This is a 12 percent re duction from the 1969 national allotment of 51 6 million acres Pennsylvania’s 1970 allotment is 470,186 acies as compaied to 534,144 foi 1969 4 Wheat maiketing certifi cates will be paid on 48 percent of the piojected pioduction on the allotted acies of paiticipat ing pioduceis Foi 1969 certifi cates at a recoid SI 52 pei bush el die being paid on 43 percent of piojected pioduction They aie adding moie than $BOO mil lion to the faim value of wheat Payments pei bushel i effecting the difference between wheat parity on July 1, 1970, and the average loan rate announced to day will be as high oi higher for the 1970 crop 5 The option under which a pioducer can substitute the planting of wheat for feed giams for wheat in any com bination will be available This increases faim efficiency by piovidmg producers the flexibi lity of adjusting acreages to field sizes and to producing the moie suitable crop for their particular operations In announcing the 1970 pro giam, Secretaiy Hardin said, “There aie areas of hopefulness for impioved world wheat trade Following recent sessions of the majoi exporters, we are moving toward recognition of our deter mination to maintain the U S shaie of world wheat trade However, 1968-69 marketing year is the thud consecutive one for reduced international tiade putting seveie pi assures on the world wheat industiy, with surpluses piling up in tne woild’s majoi exporting nations as a lesult of laige ciops in re cent years, the U S cannot go on producing an excessive quan tity of wheat which would only lead to largei and laiger acqui sition and stoiage costs The wheat allotment announced to day meets this pioblem squaie ly ” “Our canyover on July 1 this yeai was around 800 million bushels In view of the 1969 U S ci op piospects and the world wheat over-supply situation, it is likely theie will be an addi tional buildup of U S stocks by July 1, 1970 The 1970 allotment is aimed at seeming a modest reduction oi oui national carryover The 1970 program is expected to pro duce about 1,200 million bushels of wheat,” the Secretary said Other features of the 1970 wheat program will be much the same as those for the 1969 crop Farmers signing up in the voluntary progiam can qualify for pi ice-support loans, domes tic marketing certificates, pay ments for diverting acreage be low their allotments, and al ternative cropping options If a farmer signs up in both the wheat and feed gram programs, one option can be substitution between wheat and feed gram acres Another option is the overplanting of allotment acre ages by one-half, with wheat from excess acres to be placed in secured storage until such time as it can be subsequently used because of underplanting or crop under production. CHALLENGE YOUR HERD! Find out how good your herd really is. Let us put your herd on a Pioneer Challenge Feeding Program Stop in and see us. We will tell you how. S ELMER M. SHREINER Trading as Good’s Feed Mill Specializing in DAIRY & HOG FEEDS New Providence, Pa. SINCE 1870 Phone 786-2500 Whether barley will be in cluded in. the feed giam pro gram in 1970 will be determin ed and announced later. How ever, required diversion foi bar ley as a condition of substitu tion, under any circumstance, will be identical to the qualify ing minimum acreage diveision required for feed gram program paiticipation. Small allotment farms with 1970 allotments 19 2 acres or less will be able to divert the entire allotment fcr payment. Payment will depend on divert ed acreage being put to con serving or other specified use. Substitution of wheat acieage for oats and rye acreage will be possible if a grower so requests and has a history of production of these crops in 1959-60 Re quired diversion from oats and rye will also be the same as that required under the 1970 feed gram piogram A farmer can become a 1070 wheat program cooperator in exactly the same way as in the 1969 program. He will need to ment (the approximate differ sign up in the program; remain ence between the 1968 and 1970 within his allotment (unless allotments), as well as the acre overplantmg or substitution op- age diverted for payment, and tions are used); devote to con- the acreage represented as nor servmg use an acreage equal to mal conserving base He needs 30 3 percent of his 1970 allot- (Continued on Page 23) LOOKING FOR A real mem M&W LITTLE RED WAGON 200 FEATURES THAT WON'T QUIT On Hie same wheelbase as ordinary wagons, the LRW-200 hauls a third more! it has all the features and rugged construction that made the LWR-300 famous. 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