Agricultural Act of 1970: Hearings, Ninety-first Congress, Second Session, on S. 2524, S. 3068, and a Draft Bill ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1970 - 831 pages |
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acreage allotment adjustment Agricultural Adjustment Act Agriculture Act amended amount average base plan basis butterfat carryover cents certificate CHAIRMAN Class I base coalition bill committee Commodity Credit Commodity Credit Corporation Congress consumer corn cost cotton producers crop cropland DECHANT domestic allotment economic effect Ellender export Farm Bureau farm income farm prices farm programs Federal feed grains flaxseed going Government Growers HEALY HEINKEL increase industry legislation loan rate market price marketing order ment milk million acres million bales million bushels minimum North Dakota PALMBY payment limitation percent of parity plant pound present program price support problem proposal question reduced reserve Secretary HARDIN Secretary of Agriculture Senator BELLMON Senator CURTIS Senator DOLE Senator HOLLAND Senator JORDAN Senator MCGOVERN Senator MILLER Senator YOUNG set-aside SHUMAN sorghum soybeans STALEY statement supply tion upland cotton wheat
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Page 506 - centers, settlement houses, summer camps, and similar nonprofit institutions devoted to the care and training of children. Over the years this successful program has grown significantly, increasing from 2.5 million participants in 1955 to more than 17 million children now benefiting from the program. Unfortunately, this program—unless new authorizing legislation is
Page 789 - products— If, however, a contracting party grants directly or indirectly any form of subsidy which operates to increase the export of any primary product from its territory, such subsidy shall not be applied in a manner which results in that contracting party having more than an equitable share of world export trade in that product.
Page 266 - It is stated in Ecclesiastes 4:10, "Woe to him that is alone when he falleth, for he hath not another to help him up." This is about where American agriculture is today. Those of us
Page 496 - this program payments are made to dairy farmers who have been directed to remove their milk from commercial markets because it contained residues of chemicals registered and approved by the Federal government; and contamination resulted from factors outside the control of the farmer. For FY
Page 65 - make not to exceed 50 per centum of the payments under this section to producers in advance of determination of their performance. "(i) The Secretary shall provide adequate safeguards to protect the interests of tenants and sharecroppers, including provision for sharing on a fair and equitable basis, in payments under this section.
Page 71 - determines that such termination would be in the public interest. The Secretary may agree to such modification of agreements previously entered into as he may determine to be desirable to carry out the purpose of this section or to facilitate the practical administration of the program. (h) No agreement shall
Page 71 - shall be limited to an acreage which the Secretary determines would not adversely affect the economy of the county or local community. (g) The Secretary may terminate any contract with a producer by mutual agreement with the producer if the Secretary determines that such termination would be in the public interest. The Secretary may agree to such modification of
Page 79 - prices as would result in the prices paid producers for their whole milk being supported at such level between 75 and 90 percent of parity as the Secretary determines necessary in order to assure an adequate supply. Section 503. Armed Services Milk Program.—This section extends to December
Page 53 - Sec. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law— "(a) (1) The Secretary shall make available to producers loans and purchases on each crop of corn at such level, not in excess of 90 per centum of the parity price therefor, as the Secretary determines will encourage the exportation of
Page 68 - (b) The legal status of producer handlers of milk under the provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as reenacted and amended by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, shall be the same subsequent to the adoption of the amendments made by this Act as it was prior thereto.