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Grass Seeding Surges in Great Plains Conservation Reserve
A report to Wilson County official Leon Choate notes over 10 million acres in the Great Plains cropland within the Conservation Reserve have been seeded to grass in 1959. Plains states account for about 70 percent of grass plantings as 14.7 million of 22.4 million program acres go to grass with more in 1960.
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Great Plains
Leon Choate
Wilson County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Plains States
Choate