Show social security act covers farm workers half million eligible for insurance benefits As of january 1 about 00 regularly employed workers on farms and in farm households became eligible tor for social security this means they became eligible for or the first time for old age ln in aurance benefits pensions and tor for benefits paid to survivors tf if a wage earner dies arthur J altmeyer of the soda social security administration said the new program covers anyone who does pJ planting cultivating or harvesting of crops raises or tends livestock bees or fur bearing animals prepares processes or delivers crops or livestock to market S C JAL taa UMBER 44 A total of farm workers became eligible for social security benefits with the he extension of the social security act as of january 1 or storage cooks or does other household work on farms I 1 or does their general farm work however each worker must qualify first farm owners or operators are not covered wages paid by an employer to his children under 21 do not count nor do other payments within a family altmeyer said employers of farm workers covered by the extension of the law should get instructions from their local collectors of internal revenue concerning when payments should be made and methods for keeping records |