RELIEF TO U.S. CORN/OATS GROWERS SAID LIKELY

  U.S. farmers who in the past have
  grown oats for their own use but failed to certify to the
  government that they had done so probably will be allowed to
  continue planting that crop and be eligible for corn program
  benefits, an aide to Agriculture Secretary Richard Lyng said.
      Currently a farmer, to be eligible for corn program
  benefits, must restrict his plantings of other program crops to
  the acreage base for that crop.
      Several members of Congress from Iowa have complained that
  farmers who inadvertantly failed to certify that they had grown
  oats for their own use in the past now are being asked to halt
  oats production or lose corn program benefits.
      USDA likely will allow historic oats farmers to plant oats
  but not extend the exemption to all farmers, Lyng's aide said.
  

