| Show Wheat fl t Program un Vote Vote Looms SC i Reports Small wheat farmers will have a special interest in the vote coming up this spring on onI I the 1964 wheat program Karl Chairman Agricultural tural Stabilization and Con Con- Conservation County Committee Committee said this week The special interest results from the fact that wheat oper- oper operators operators with 15 acres or less of wheat will be eligible to vote in the referendum if they indi- indi indicate cafe cate their intention to parti- parti participate part in the 1964 wheat pro pro- program program gram prior to the time the vote is held About 90 percent of the wheat farms in Uintah County are in iii the 15 acres or orless orless less class Throughout the country these small farms comprise from 67 to per per- percent cent of the wheat farms with with- within within per per-I in particular states THE CHAIRMAN remind remind- reminded reminded ed growers growers- that the upcoming referendum on the kind of wheat program they want for or 1964 and succeeding years will be held within 60 50 days after proclamation of the na- na national national wheat marketing quota which will not likely be an- an announced until unU late March or early April The program will become effective if at least two thirds of the growers vot vot- voting lag ing in the referendum ap- ap approve ap prove prose the program While technical details of the 1964 wheat program are still in the development stage it is now known that the re- re referendum referendum will will give wheat growers a cl choice oice of two pro pro- programs programs grams The first would limit production of wheat to mar mar- mari market market i ket and export needs provide price support at an average of 2 per bushel for most wh wheat it marketed and offer offer I payments for wheat acreage diverted to conservation use I It would maintain the farm farm- farmer's farmer's ers er's income from wheat at the average of recent years Mar Mar-j Mar Mar- Marketing keUng quota penalties would continue to apply to excess wh wheat t THE ALTERNATIVE pro pro- program gram would provide no limits on Production or and price e only support to growers within their would allotments be avail avail- available able at 50 of parity about per bushel nation nation- national national al av average rage It would result in increased wheat production and a sharp decrease in in- in income income come for wheat growers It is host important that small wheat operators of 15 acres or less understand that only those operators who re- re register register gister their intention to parti- parti participate in the 1964 wheat pro pro- program program I gram will be eligible to vote in the referendum Chairman I declared The dead dead- deadline line for such registration will be set later but it will be I some time prior to the wheat vote Through the program for forI 1964 and following years I farms on which excess I wheat was not subject to mar mar- marketing quotas because of the acre 15 or feed wheat exemption exemption marl tion will get an allotment bas bas- based based ed on their average acreage for 1059 1960 and 1961 but not in excess of 15 acres If these operators participate in inthe inthe the wheat program they will receive marketing certificates and price support just as largo larg- larger er producers do They will wUl al- al also al- al also so earn diversion payments OPERATORS OF such small allotment farms who do not wish to participate in inthe inthe the wheat pr program gram without plant penalty an acreage of wheat based ased on their 1959 1960 1981 1961 average wheat acreage but not over 15 15 acres However growers on these farms wUl will not be elig- elig eligible eligible ible for price support wheat certificates land diversion payments or to vote in the re- re referendum re |
