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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... expected to increase 4 to 5 percent in 1984. The impacts of the drought may add about 1 percent to 12 percent to that rate of increase . Nonetheless we're not going to have runaway food prices and food is still going to be one of the ...
... expected to increase 4 to 5 percent in 1984. The impacts of the drought may add about 1 percent to 12 percent to that rate of increase . Nonetheless we're not going to have runaway food prices and food is still going to be one of the ...
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... expected to be able to do in time for this year , but , with considerable additional effort by Farmers Home , we will have in place computer links to our computer in Kansas City with all State offices by November 1 . That will permit us ...
... expected to be able to do in time for this year , but , with considerable additional effort by Farmers Home , we will have in place computer links to our computer in Kansas City with all State offices by November 1 . That will permit us ...
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... . What was the impact this year of Federal crop insurance , par- ticularly in those areas where the new products were available ? I believe I have the right chart up there . Within the drought area , in 1983 crop insurance expects 10.
... . What was the impact this year of Federal crop insurance , par- ticularly in those areas where the new products were available ? I believe I have the right chart up there . Within the drought area , in 1983 crop insurance expects 10.
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... expects to pay out approximately $ 550 million of indemnities . That is an alltime record , and frankly very close to what the alltime previous record was for all types of disaster payments . You can see the breakout of the major ...
... expects to pay out approximately $ 550 million of indemnities . That is an alltime record , and frankly very close to what the alltime previous record was for all types of disaster payments . You can see the breakout of the major ...
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... expected to . And if they think they don't have to , I submit to you we have got chaos in our society . That is the argument I would have . The law may be wrong . The question is not whether the law is right or wrong . The question I ...
... expected to . And if they think they don't have to , I submit to you we have got chaos in our society . That is the argument I would have . The law may be wrong . The question is not whether the law is right or wrong . The question I ...
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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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