A bill to provide temporary emergency assistance to wheat producers by permitting such producers to utilize a portion of their farm wheat acreage allotments for grazing purposes or for hay rather than for commercial production.

(Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #60 (72-22))

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, under the Agricultural Act of 1949, to administer a special wheat acreage grazing and hay program for the l977 crop. Permits a producer, under such program, to designate a portion of the wheat acreage allotment for the farm, not to exceed 40 percent of the wheat acreage allotment, which shall be available for use by the producer for grazing purposes or hay production.

Directs the Secretary to pay a participant an amount determined by multiplying the projected yield for wheat established for the farm times the number of acres included in the special program times $1.00.

States that participating producers shall be ineligible for price support on the portion of an acreage allotment so used.

Deems acreage included in the special program to have been planted for harvest for purposes of wheat acreage history.

Directs the Secretary to carry out the special program through the Commodity Credit Corporation.