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Show !AAA to Continue Dairy Payments i The Utah State AAA committee ' has announced continuation of dairy production payments up to J February 17, or the date on which the Commodity Credit Corporation Corpora-tion is further extended. The b.isic rates during such period will be the same as those in effect ef-fect for January. While dairy farmers have been affected by increased costs since the program was first announced, AAA officials pointed out that a commitment had been made by the war food administration with Congress not to change substantially substan-tially the subsidy program now "in effect prior to February 17. Subject to action by Congress continuing the commodity credit corporation without limitations preventing dairy production payments, pay-ments, it was stated that thereafter there-after rates for the remainder of February and for March and April would be adjusted to take into account increases in feed and other costs since the original rates were established last October. The war food administrator has said that he is desirous of recognizing recog-nizing these increased costs in the dairy payments as soon as it is posible to do so, and further expressed ex-pressed the hope that in the interim in-terim dairy farmers would continue contin-ue to produce and market the milk that is essential for the war effort. For the spring and summer months the Administrator has indicated in-dicated that It is his intention to continue the general dairy payments pay-ments at seasonally lower rates during the time when pastures are more productive. The rates would be seasonally higher next fall and winter. The whole program is contingent, con-tingent, however, upon Congressional Congres-sional action continuing the commodity com-modity credit corporation without limitations preventing such payments. pay-ments. Subject to such contingency, contin-gency, the rates for next summer will be determined and announced j before the first of May; and for next winter, before the first Of September, officials said. |