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Book 106 1 Hearing  Review the State of the Agriculture Economy  Serial No  106 4  February 15  1999

Download or read book 106 1 Hearing Review the State of the Agriculture Economy Serial No 106 4 February 15 1999 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1999* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book 106 1 Hearing  Helping Agricultural Producers Re Grow Rural America  Serial No  106 34  September 29  1999

Download or read book 106 1 Hearing Helping Agricultural Producers Re Grow Rural America Serial No 106 34 September 29 1999 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business and published by . This book was released on 2000* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Farm Economic Relief and Policy Issues in the 106th Congress

Download or read book Farm Economic Relief and Policy Issues in the 106th Congress written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1996 omnibus farm bill, the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform (FAIR) Act (P.L. 104-127), prescribed farm commodity support policy through 2002. Most significantly, producers of wheat, corn and other feed grains, rice, and cotton would receive annual fixed payments (contract payments) starting at $5.6 billion and declining gradually to $4 billion, for a total of about $36 billion over the 7-year life of the law. At the time of enactment, market prices for these commodities and most others were high and expected to remain high. By the middle of 1998, prices for many commodities began a sharp decline and remained at low levels. Compounding the depressed market conditions were production disasters in some regions caused by droughts, floods, and diseases. Congress responded to the deteriorating farm revenue situation with a series of emergency economic and disaster relief measures. The 105 th Congress included nearly $5.7 billion in emergency farm aid in the omnibus FY1999 appropriations law (P.L. 105-277). The 106 th Congress provided more assistance. The FY1999 supplemental appropriation (P.L. 106-31) included $574 million in farm assistance. Another supplemental aid package, totaling about $8.7 billion, was incorporated into the FY2000 USDA appropriations bill (P.L. 106- 78). An additional $576 million, largely for Hurricane Floyd farm victims, was included in H.R. 3425 and incorporated into the Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY2000 (P.L. 106-113). The Agriculture Risk Protection Act of 2000 (P.L. 106- 224) included about $7 billion in farm relief, in addition to crop insurance provisions estimated to cost $7.2 billion over the coming 5 years. Finally, approximately $3.5 billion in additional assistance for farmers was included in the FY2001 USDA appropriations (P.L. 106-387, October 28, 2000). Nationally, total direct government payments to farmers are estimated to be about $23.3 billion in calendar year 2000, 42% of farmers $55.4 billion in net farm income. Included in the government payments figure is $8.9 billion in emergency assistance. Due largely to these government payments, the farm economy is in comparatively strong financial condition at the beginning of 2001. However, not all producers have received federal farm subsidies. Indeed, critics charge that farm income support policy as implemented by the 1996 farm bill and supplemented by recent emergency assistance has not necessarily reached farms in need, while those not in need may receive assistance. Others point out that farm support is intended to preserve the productive and competitive integrity of the sector, not be welfare for individual farms. What nearly all policy makers agree upon is the desire to end the pattern of frequent ad hoc relief with more predictable federal farm support. Numerous policy options were offered but none developed a consensus of support during the 106 th Congress. The task of developing future farm support policy now moves to the 107 th Congress.

Book 106 1 Hearing  Review of the Agricultural Credit Outlook  Serial No  106 2  February 12  1999

Download or read book 106 1 Hearing Review of the Agricultural Credit Outlook Serial No 106 2 February 12 1999 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1999* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Review Of Federal Farm Policy    Hearings    Serial No  106 50  Part 2  FINAL     Committee On Agriculture  House Of Representatives    106th Congress  2nd Session

Download or read book Review Of Federal Farm Policy Hearings Serial No 106 50 Part 2 FINAL Committee On Agriculture House Of Representatives 106th Congress 2nd Session written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 2000* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book 106 1 Hearing  Agribusiness Consolidation  Serial No  106 5  February 11  1999

Download or read book 106 1 Hearing Agribusiness Consolidation Serial No 106 5 February 11 1999 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1999* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Farm Income Crisis    Hearing    S  Hrg  106 459    Committee On Agriculture  Nutrition    Forestry  United States Senate    106th Congress  1st Session

Download or read book Farm Income Crisis Hearing S Hrg 106 459 Committee On Agriculture Nutrition Forestry United States Senate 106th Congress 1st Session written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and published by . This book was released on 2000* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book 106 1 Hearing  Supporting Welfare Reform  Cracking Down on Deadbeat Parents  Serial No  106 9  February 24  1999

Download or read book 106 1 Hearing Supporting Welfare Reform Cracking Down on Deadbeat Parents Serial No 106 9 February 24 1999 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1999* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book 106 1 Hearing  H R  629 Reauthorization Of The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund  And H R  413 The Program For Investment In Microentrepreneurs Act Of 1999  Serial No  106 24  May 26  1999

Download or read book 106 1 Hearing H R 629 Reauthorization Of The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund And H R 413 The Program For Investment In Microentrepreneurs Act Of 1999 Serial No 106 24 May 26 1999 written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: