Problems Caused by the Drought Situation (Secretary John R. Block): Hearing Before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, First Session, September 21, 1983 |
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... value has increased . Mr. Chairman , the final chart , grain simply shows that we did have widespread participation in the payment - in - kind program in many States . This map shows the most severely impacted drought areas and the ...
... value has increased . Mr. Chairman , the final chart , grain simply shows that we did have widespread participation in the payment - in - kind program in many States . This map shows the most severely impacted drought areas and the ...
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... value of approximately $ 8.7 billion , based on the August 23 , estimated market prices . Dairy price support pay ... value of each State crops , and the number of farms enrolled in each of these commodities . The total paid to these ...
... value of approximately $ 8.7 billion , based on the August 23 , estimated market prices . Dairy price support pay ... value of each State crops , and the number of farms enrolled in each of these commodities . The total paid to these ...
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... value of the crop loss in this country . Let me , if I may , boil that down just to one guy who works with his hands in the dirt , in Shelby County , Ky . Let me give you the average guy in that county . He farms 160 acres with a family ...
... value of the crop loss in this country . Let me , if I may , boil that down just to one guy who works with his hands in the dirt , in Shelby County , Ky . Let me give you the average guy in that county . He farms 160 acres with a family ...
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... value on reducing the first 2 billion but no value on reducing the other 2 billion . My question is who is going to pay for the second 2 billion bush- els we lost because of the drought ? Who is going to pay for it ? Who is going to pay ...
... value on reducing the first 2 billion but no value on reducing the other 2 billion . My question is who is going to pay for the second 2 billion bush- els we lost because of the drought ? Who is going to pay for it ? Who is going to pay ...
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... value . This definition is applied to FmHA's emergency ( EM ) loan eligibility requirements . However , the committee did not feel that this same definition should be used in determining the criteria to be used in designating those ...
... value . This definition is applied to FmHA's emergency ( EM ) loan eligibility requirements . However , the committee did not feel that this same definition should be used in determining the criteria to be used in designating those ...
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50 percent 75 million bushels acre acreage assistance BEDELL billion Bolivar County Central Illinois Corn Chairman committee commodities Commodity Credit Corporation Congressman cost cotton counties crop insurance program dairy Dakota damage determination disaster loans disaster program dollar drought economic emergency eligible emergency loan estimated EVANS of Iowa farm programs Farmers Home Administration FCIC Federal crop insurance feed grains feed program Finney County FmHA food prices Georgia going Government Governor Grain Sorghum gram HARKIN hundredweight impact indemnity Individual Yield Coverage Kansas Lesher livestock producers look Lubbock County Market Value Aug Mills County NAYLOR normal crop North Carolina Participate in PIK payment-in-kind PIK ENTITLEMENTS PIK Market Value PIK program premium price support problems reduced request Secretary BLOCK Section 107 September Sorghum South Dakota soybeans special disaster payments stocks supplies Texas Thank Virginia VOLKMER wheat yield guarantees
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Page 46 - Secretary determines necessary in order to assure an adequate supply of pure and wholesome milk to meet current needs, reflect changes in the cost of production, and assure a level of farm income adequate to maintain productive capacity sufficient to meet anticipated future needs.
Page 46 - The price of whole milk, butterfat, and the products of such commodities, respectively, shall be supported at such level not in excess of 90 per centum nor less than 75 per centum of the parity price therefor as the Secretary determines necessary in order to assure an adequate supply.
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Page 51 - Secretary determines that: (i) As the result of drought, flood, or other natural disaster, or other condition beyond the control of the producers, producers on a farm have suffered substantial losses of production either...
Page 51 - Federal crop insurance indemnity payments and other forms of assistance made available by the Federal Government to such producers for such losses are insufficient to alleviate such economic emergency...
Page 33 - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture shall under the provisions of this Act establish, maintain, and dispose of a separate reserve of inventories of not to exceed 75 million bushels of wheat, feed grains, and soybeans for the purpose of alleviating distress caused by a natural disaster.
Page 46 - ... commercially by producers, including producers who market milk of their own production directly to consumers. The deductions are to be remitted to the Commodity Credit Corporation to offset a portion of the cost of the dairy price support program. The Secretary's authority for requiring such deductions shall not apply for any fiscal year for which the Secretary estimates that the net price support purchases of milk or the products of milk will be less than 5 billion pounds milk equivalent. In...
Page 23 - I am thinking of a nonpar system now, what are you going to do about that? How are you going to get him out of the mud hole?
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