1962 1963 1964 actual estimate estimate proximately one-fourth of the total Federal obligation, whichever is the larger. Producers are also limited to a Federal cost-sharing ceiling of $25 thousand for any one contract. The total cost-share that may be paid to producers is limited to $25 million for any one program year and $150 million for the total program. The producer who signs a Great Plains program contract is responsible for accomplishing his plan of operations as scheduled, and is encouraged to use all available sources of assistance under other local, State, or Federal programs that contribute to achieving conservation land treatment. and economic stability of the farm or ranch unit. Object Classification (in thousands of dollars) Personnel Summary-Continued RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out projects for resource conservation and development, and for sound land use, pursuant to the provisions of section 32(e) of title III of the BankheadJones Farm Tenant Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1011; 76 Stat. 607), and the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), $6,275,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $3,500,000 of such amount shall be available for loans and related expenses under subtitle A of the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act of 1961, as amended: Provided further, That not to exceed $100,000 may be used for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), as amended by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a). (5 U.S.C. 511-512.) Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars) 41 Grants, subsidies, and contributions. 7,638 9,327 11,000 1 Includes estimated capital outlay as follows: 1964, $55 thousand. The Department cooperates with other agencies, States, and local units of government in developing and carrying out project plans for resource development on private lands. Resource conservation and development project activities will be carried out in areas where there is a static or declining level of economic activity. The Department will share in the cost of installing works of improvement and also provide loans to local sponsoring organizations and individuals to help them finance their share of the cost of certain improvements. The work under this program will consist of planning and installing measures to conserve, develop and manage soil, water, grass, forest, and wildlife habitat, including development of recreational facilities and income-producing enterprises in approved project areas. It includes (a) investigations, surveys, and planning necessary to help develop coordinated work plans in areas approved for Resource Conservation and Development projects; (b) technical assistance needed to install the planned works of improvements within projects; (c) financial contributions and other assistance to local public agencies and to project sponsors to help install planned measures which provide substantial public benefit; and (d) loans to 11 Personnel compensation: Permanent positions... Positions other than permanent.. 554 42 605 50 35 6 10 5 8 4 32 105 The Service has been developing irrigation farming units for sale on the Eden Valley project in Wyoming where the Bureau of Reclamation has constructed the water storage facility and the principal canals. Land development for irrigation has been completed in accordance with the project plan prepared cooperatively with the Bureau of Reclamation. The farms developed in the project have been sold with exception of four. One of these is being operated by the State of Wyoming as a demonstration farm under a memorandum of agreement. The sale of the other three tracts of land has been deferred because of irrigation water shortage. The Eden Valley Project Office has been closed. A soil conservation district has been organized and staffed to furnish technical assistance in soil and water conservation to the project settlers. Sufficient funds are available from prior-year appropriations to provide a reserve in case of need to protect the investment of the Government in the unsold tracts until they are disposed of and no new appropriations will be 56 required. 1,750 2,610 272 2 274 21 2 2 4 2 3 1 3,300 ALLOTMENTS AND ALLOCATIONS RECEIVED FROM OTHER ACCOUNTS Note. Obligations incurred under allocations and allotments from other accounts are included in Funds appropriated to the President: "Agency for International Development." and "Public works acceleration." Intragovernmental funds: ADVANCES AND REIMBURSEMENTS Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars) 2,610 65 3,500 Program by activities: 100 3. Technical assistance to agricultural con servation program participants.... 4. Area Redevelopment program (Commerce) - 130 1,550 ALLOTMENT ACCOUNTS Total number of permanent positions... Average number of all employees.. 44 42 Number of employees at end of year. 44 7.1 Average GS salary... $6,590 11,147 11,000 11,000 ECTS Object Classification (in thousands of dollars) Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars) 107 11 Personnel compensation: Permanent positions... Positions other than permanent.. 6,996 1. Farm economics... 1,336 3,277 1,361 1,354 Other personnel compensation.... 2. Marketing economics.. 3,463 3,817 25 37 50 3. Domestic and foreign economic analysis... 3,075 3,235 3,144 2,628 2,825 3,390 8,334 12 Personnel benefits... 8,400 Total program costs, funded 1. 646 8,980 623 9,523 21 Travel and transportation of persons. 590 Change in selected resources 2. 10,351 81 150 22 Transportation of things.... 10 23 Rent, communications, and utilities.. Total obligations.... 9,061 58 9,523 59 10,351 60 24 Printing and reproduction... 28 19 30 25 Other services.. Financing: 789 667 650 26 Supplies and materials.. 479 446 460 31 Equipment.... 654 Comparative transfers to other accounts..... 745 650 functions.. Unobligated balance lapsing.. torage PD: New obligational authority. Personnel Summary 958 993 951 7.4 Average GS salary.. 7.5 Appropriation (adjusted). 7.5 $6,307 $6,731 $6,729 Proposed transfer from "Reimburse 10,301 ment to Commodity Credit Corpora ojec tion for special milk program" due to 357 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service in conducting economic research and service relating to agricultural production, marketing, and distribution, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627), and other laws, including economics of marketing; analyses relating to farm prices, income and population, and demand for farm products, use of resources in agriculture, adjustments, costs and returns in farming, and farm finance; and for analyses of supply and demand for farm products in foreign countries and their effect on prospects for United States exports, progress in economic development and its relation to sales of farm products, assembly and analysis of agricultural trade statistics and analysis of international financial and monetary programs and policies as they affect the competitive position of United States farm products; [$9,500,000] $10,301,000: Provided, That shall be available to continue to gather statistics and conduct a not less than $350,000 of the funds contained in this appropriation special study on the price spread between the farmer and consumer: Provided further, That not to exceed $75,000 of the appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), as Provided further, That not less than $145,000 of the funds contained mended by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a): in this appropriation shall be available for analysis of statistics and on methods used by other countries to move farm commodities foreign production and full and complete information in world trade on a competitive basis. 411, 1761-1768; 76 Stat. 605-632; Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1963.) (5 U.S.C. 511-512; 7 U.S.C. "Salaries and expenses," Farmer Cooperative Service. Note.-Excludes $329 thousand for activities transferred in the estimates to 1962 and 1963 are shown in the schedule as comparative transfers. related facts on The amounts obligated in Agricultural economics research in the Department is administered by the Economic Research Service. The results of the research program are relied upon by (a) producers, dealers, importers and exporters as aids in planning the most profitable adjustments in their operations, (b) Government agencies in formulating and administering agricultural programs, and (c) Congress in considering agricultural legislation. appraise, and analyze on a continuing basis, economic 1. Farm economics.-Research is conducted to measure, changes that occur in farming and in the use of rural resources and to indicate needed adjustments. adjustments in production to prospective demands, and Research on the economics of farm production includes the economics of organization and management of farms; changing technologies; appraisals of costs and returns on farms representative of important types, sizes, and locations, and the appraisal of costs of producing important commodities; development of measures of farm output and productivity; problems of farm size and capital requirements; financing of farm enterprises, taxation, insurance and land values; and appraisal of alternative agricultural production policies and programs. ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE-Continued General and special funds-Continued SALARIES AND EXPENSES-Continued Personnel Summary 1962 1963 1964 actual estimate estimate Resource development economics is concerned with the management of the Nation's land and water resources and particularly the changing rural economy and institutional structure. It includes economic development; improvement of income opportunities in depressed areas; rural renewal; analysis of river basin and watershed programs, land tenure, and resource organization and policy. The increase requested for 1964 would permit intensified analysis of the requirements and potentials for land and water use on both a regional and national basis. 2. Marketing economics. This activity covers economic aspects of marketing farm products, including the nature of farmers' bargaining power; potentials for new products and new uses; market structure, costs and margins; the economic effects of school lunch, special milk, food stamp, and direct food distribution programs. Total number of permanent positions.. Average salary of ungraded positions. Intragovernmental funds: ADVANCES AND REIMBURSEMENTS Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars) Economic research: Area Redevelopment Act (Commerce): 3. Domestic and foreign economic analysis.--Domestic economic analysis is concerned with identifying, measuring, and analyzing: (1) the factors affecting demand, supply, and price of agricultural commodities; (2) relationships between the agricultural sector and the national economy; (3) farm income and the income of the farm population; (4) demand and consumption of farm prod- Program by activities: ucts; (5) long-term projections of economic growth and farm products demand; (6) farm population, manpower and levels of living; and (7) historical developments in the policies, programs, and organization of the Department. Foreign economic analysis includes trade studies and the investigation of supply-demand relations. The trade and market studies focus on the problems of developing foreign markets and the effect of these developments on agricultural production. Research is carried on in more than 100 countries, focusing on the forces affecting supply, demand, and trade in farm products, and their impact on U.S. agricultural exports. The 1964 increase proposed would permit strengthening of domestic commodity outlook and situation reports and related analyses of alternative farm program proposals; expansion of analysis of world trade in farm products; and appraisal of impacts of multi-national and commodity arrangements on U.S. agricultural exports. Object Classification (in thousands of dollars) Technical assistance.. Total program costs, funded-obliga- Financing: Advances and reimbursements from other STATISTICAL REPORTING SERVICE General and special funds: SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the Statistical Reporting Service in conducting statistical reporting and service work, including crop and livestock estimates, statistical coordination and improvements, and marketing surveys, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627) and other laws, [$9,693,000] $11,552,000: Provided, That no part of the funds herein appropriated shall be available for any expense incident to publishing estimates of apple production for other than the commercial crop. (5 U.S.C. 511–512, 556b; 7 U.S.C. 411, 411a, 411b, 471, 475, 501, 951-957; Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1963.) Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars) 109 year. The activity is conducted through 43 State offices serving 50 States, most of which are operated as joint State and Federal services. Cooperative arrangements with State agencies provide a considerable volume of additional data which would not be collected or made available from Federal funds. During 1962 cooperating States expended an estimated $1.6 million of their own funds on these operative arrangements, is as follows: associated State programs. A comparison of activity data for 1961 and 1962, including work performed under co Separate mailings of inquiry forms, average per field Total questionnaires handled: Number of returns tabulated. Number of objective survey contacts (measurements 1961 actual 1962 actual The increase for 1964 would be used to place the longrange program to improve the crop and livestock estimating service on a full operating basis in 11 Western States and on a pilot basis in 13 States and for reimbursement to the Post Office Department for certain mail surveys previously handled on a nonreimbursable basis. 359 388 9,320,000 3,000,000 9,650,000 3,100,000 and interviews). 90,300 103,000 Number of official reports issued, all offices. 9,300 9,600 Copies of reports distributed.. 13,400,000 13,700,000 Publications distributed.. 3,570,000 3,520,000 Program by activities: Special requests for information answered by field offices. 1. Crop and livestock estimates.. 64,400 8,187 2. Statistical research and service. 538 Change in selected resources 2 -3 Total obligations.. 39 New obligational authority.... Selected resources as of June 30 are as follows: Unpaid undelivered orders, 1961, $312 thousand; (1962 adjustments, $8 thousand): 1962, $317 thousand; 1963, $317 thousand; 1964, $317 thousand. The Service administers programs relating to crop and livestock estimates and statistical research and service. The statistical and economic data developed on food and agriculture are essential to farmers, processors, and handlers in making production and marketing decisions, and to legislators, administrators and others concerned with developing and administering agricultural programs. The basic facts provided by this service are also essential to economic analyses and other agricultural research pro 2. Statistical research and service. This work includes review of all statistical forms, survey plans, and reporting and recordkeeping requirements originating in the Department and requiring Bureau of the Budget approval; liaison for coordination of statistics within the Department and with other statistical agencies; development of new and improved methods and techniques, and providing technical consulting services to other agencies of the Department; research on and development of sampling, forecasting, and other basic statistical techniques and methods to improve the crop and livestock estimates of the Department; use of and consultation on automatic data processing to develop and adopt this medium for improving the accuracy and timeliness of crop and livestock estimates; and conduct of special surveys relating to the marketing of agricultural products. A comparison of activity data for 1961 and 1962 is as follows: |