§ 1444b. Feed grains; price support program

§ 1444b. Feed grains; price support program

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1441 of this title, beginning with the 1964 crop, price support shall be made available to producers for each crop of corn at such level, not less than 50 per centum or more than 90 per centum of the parity price therefor, as the Secretary determines will not result in increasing Commodity Credit Corporation stocks of corn: Provided, That in the case of any crop for which an acreage diversion program is in effect for feed grains, the level of price support for corn of such crop shall be at such level not less than 65 per centum or more than 90 per centum of the parity price therefor as the Secretary determines necessary to achieve the acreage reduction goal established by him for the crop.

(b) Beginning with the 1959 crop, price support shall be made available to producers for each crop of oats, rye, barley, and grain sorghums at such level of the parity price therefor as the Secretary of Agriculture determines is fair and reasonable in relation to the level at which price support is made available for corn, taking into consideration the feeding value of such commodity in relation to corn, and the other factors set forth in section 1421(b) of this title.

(Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792, title I, § 105, as added Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792, title I, § 104(b)(2), as added Pub. L. 85–835, title II, § 201, Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 994; amended Pub. L. 87–5, § 1, Mar. 22, 1961, 75 Stat. 6; Pub. L. 87–128, title I, § 131, Aug. 8, 1961, 75 Stat. 301; Pub. L. 87–425, § 1, Mar. 30, 1962, 76 Stat. 50; Pub. L. 87–703, title III, §§ 301, 305, Sept. 27, 1962, 76 Stat. 612, 614; Pub. L. 88–26, § 2, May 20, 1963, 77 Stat. 44; Pub. L. 89–112, § 1, Aug. 6, 1965, 79 Stat. 446; Pub. L. 89–321, title III, § 301, Nov. 3, 1965, 79 Stat. 1188; Pub. L. 89–451, § 2, June 17, 1966, 80 Stat. 202; Pub. L. 89–321, title III, § 301, Nov. 3, 1965, as amended Pub. L. 90–559, § 1(1), Oct. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 996; Pub. L. 91–524, title V, § 501, Nov. 30, 1970, 84 Stat. 1368; Pub. L. 91–524, title V, § 501, Nov. 30, 1970, as amended Pub. L. 93–86, § 1(18), Aug. 10, 1973, 87 Stat. 230; Pub. L. 93–86, § 1(18), Aug. 10, 1973, 87 Stat. 230; Pub. L. 93–86, § 1(18), Aug. 10, 1973, as amended Pub. L. 93–125, § 1(d), Oct. 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 450; Pub. L. 93–228, § 1(b), Dec. 29, 1973, 87 Stat. 944.)

Editorial Notes

Codification

Pub. L. 91–524, as amended by Pub. L. 93–86, amended section generally by substantially revising subsecs. (a) to (e) and enacting subsecs. (f) to (i), effective only through the 1977 crops of feed grains. See 1970 and 1973 Amendment notes and Effective and Termination Dates of 1970 and 1973 Amendment notes below. Prior to such amendment by Pub. L. 91–524 and Pub. L. 93–86, subsec. (c) was applicable only to the 1961 to 1963 crops of feed grains, subsec. (d) was applicable only to the 1964 and 1965 crops of feed grains, and subsec. (e) was applicable only to the 1966 through 1970 crops of feed grains.

Amendments

1973—Pub. L. 93–228 amended feed grains program for 1974 through 1977, as described below.

Pub. L. 93–125 amended feed grain loan and purchases price support program for 1974 through 1977, as described below.

Pub. L. 93–86 temporarily enacted feed grain loans and purchases price support program for 1974 through 1977, as described below. See Effective and Termination Dates of 1973 Amendment note below.

Pub. L. 91–524, § 501, as amended Pub. L. 93–86, § 1(18)(A), reenacted introductory text without change.

Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 91–524, § 501, as amended Pub. L. 93–86, § 1(18)(A), increased minimum corn crop support level from $1.00 to $1.10 per bushel.

Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 91–524, § 501, as amended Pub. L. 93–36, § 1(18)(A), reenacted par. (2) provisions without change.

Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 91–524, § 501, as amended Pub. L. 93–86, § 1(18)(B), added par. (1). Former par. (1) related to subject matter as described in 1970 Amendment note for subsec. (b)(1) of this section.

Subsec. (b)(1) last sentence. Pub. L. 93–228 substituted “(or of wheat, or cotton planted in lieu of the allotted crop)” for “(or other nonconserving crop planted instead of feed grains)”.

Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 91–524, § 501, as amended Pub. L. 93–86, § 1(18)(B), added par. (2). Former par. (2) made payments with respect to a farm available on 50 per centum of the feed grain base for the farm and for computation of the payments on the basis of the yield established for the farm for the preceding crop with such adjustments as the Secretary determines necessary to provide a fair and equitable yield.

Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 91–524, § 501, as amended Pub. L. 93–86, § 1(18)(B), substituted in: first sentence, “the feed grain allotment for the farm, the feed grain allotment for the farm for the succeeding crops shall be reduced by the percentage by which the planted acreage is less than the feed grain allotment for the farm, but such reduction shall not exceed 20 per centum of the feed grain allotment” for “the portion of the feed grain base for the farm on which payments are available under this subsection, the feed grain base for the farm for the succeeding crops shall be reduced by the percentage by which the planted acreage is less than such portion of the feed grain base for the farm, but such reduction shall not exceed 20 per centum of the feed grain base”; second sentence, including proviso, “feed grain allotment” for “feed grain base”; third sentence, “feed grain allotments” for “feed grain bases”; fourth sentence, “90 per centum of the feed grain allotment” for “90 per centum of the portion of the feed grain base on which payments are made available” and “100 per centum of such allotment” for “100 per centum of such portion”; and sixth sentence “effective operation of the program” for “effective operation of the feed grain or soybean program”; and authorized acreage devoted to guar, castor beans, cotton, triticale, oats, rye, or such other crops as the Secretary may deem appropriate, to be considered as feed grain acreage.

Subsec. (c)(1) second sentence. Pub. L. 93–86, § 1(18)(D), formerly § 1(18)(C [second]), renumbered by Pub. L. 93–125, § 1(d)(ii), substituted in item (i) “feed grain allotment” for “feed grain base”, inserted preceding item (ii) “, if required by the Secretary”, and substituted in item (ii) “soil conserving uses” for “soil-conserving uses”.

Subsec. (c)(1) third sentence. Pub. L. 93–86, § 1(18)(E), formerly § 1(18)(D), renumbered by Pub. L. 93–125, § 1(d)(ii), substituted “The Secretary is authorized for the 1974 through 1977 crops to limit the acreage planted to feed grains on the farm to a percentage of the farm acreage allotment.” for “The Secretary is authorized for the 1971, 1972, and 1973 crops to limit the acreage planted to feed grains on the farm to such percentage of the feed grain base as he determines necessary to provide an orderly transition to the program provided for under this section.”

Subsec. (c)(1) fifth sentence. Pub. L. 93–86, § 1(18)(D), formerly § 1(18)(C [second]), renumbered by Pub. L. 93–125, § 1(d)(ii), substituted “1971 through 1977” for “1971, 1972, 1973”.

Subsec. (c)(1) last sentence. Pub. L. 93–86, § 1(18)(C), as amended Pub. L. 93–125, § 1(d)(i), authorized set-aside acreage to be devoted to hay and production of triticale, oats, and rye, and deleted item (1) and (2) designation of existing provisions, and former introductory text reading “Grazing shall not be permitted during any of the five principal months of the normal growing season as determined by the county committee established pursuant to section 590h(b) of title 16, and subject to this limitation”, and provided for such provisions as run-in rather than new-paragraph text.

Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 93–86, § 1(18)(G), formerly § 1(18)(F), renumbered by Pub. L. 93–125, § 1(d)(ii), inserted after provision for devotion of set-aside acreage and diverted acreage to wildlife food plots or wildlife habitat the sentence “The Secretary may, in the case of programs for the 1974 through 1977 crops, pay an appropriate share of the cost of practices designed to carry out the purposes of the foregoing sentences.”

Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 93–86, § 1(18)(F), formerly § 1(18)(E), renumbered by Pub. L. 93–125, § 1(d)(ii), struck out provision reading “For the purpose of this section, the feed grain base shall be the average acreage devoted on the farm to corn, grain sorghums and, if designated by the Secretary, barley in 1959 and 1960.”

Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 93–86, § 1(18)(F), formerly § 1(18)(E), renumbered by Pub. L. 93–125, § 1(d)(ii), substituted “farm grain allotments” for “farm grain bases” wherever appearing.

Subsec. (e)(3). Pub. L. 93–86, § 1(18)(F), formerly § 1(18)(E), renumbered by Pub. L. 93–125, § 1(d)(ii), struck out provisions respecting reservation for farms in a State for any year for apportionment to farms without 1959 and 1960 acreage, apportionment factors, prohibition against reflection of new cropland by such reserved allocation, and consideration of farm feed grain base as farm feed grain acreage for 1959 and 1960 crop years.

Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 93–86, § 1(18)(F), formerly § 1(18)(E), renumbered by Pub. L. 93–125, § 1(d)(ii), struck out provisions for preliminary payments, time and rate of payment, and reduction of preliminary payment rate.

1970—Pub. L. 91–524 temporarily enacted feed grains loans and purchases price support program for 1971, 1972, and 1973, as described below. See Effective and Termination Dates of 1970 Amendment note below.

Pub. L. 91–524 substituted as introductory text “Notwithstanding any other provision of law” for former subsec. (a) introductory text “Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1441 of this title”.

Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 91–524 substituted par. (1) provisions making loans and purchases available on corn crop at such level, not less than $1.00 per bushel nor in excess of 90 per centum of the parity price therefor, as the Secretary determines will encourage exportation of feed grains and not result in excessive total stocks of feed grains in the United States for former subsec. (a) provisions for such corn price support level, beginning with 1964 crop, not less than 50 per centum or more than 90 per centum of the parity price therefor, as the Secretary determines will not result in increasing Commodity Credit Corporation stocks of corn, including proviso for such corn price support level, in the case of any crop for which an acreage diversion program is in effect for feed grains, not less than 65 per centum or more than 90 per centum of the parity price therefor as the Secretary determines necessary to achieve the acreage reduction goal established by him for the crop.

Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 91–524 substituted par. (2) provisions making loans and purchases available on each crop of barley, oats, and rye, at such level as the Secretary determines is fair and reasonable in relation to the level that loans and purchases are made available for corn, taking into consideration the feeding value of such commodity in relation to corn and other factors specified in section 1421(b) of this title, and on each crop of grain sorghums at such level as the Secretary determines is fair and reasonable in relation to the level that loans and purchases are made available for corn, taking into consideration the feeding value and average transportation costs to market of grain sorghums in relation to corn for former subsec. (b) provisions for such price support level on each crop of oats, rye, barley, and grain sorghums, beginning with the 1959 crop, at such level of the parity price therefor as the Secretary of Agriculture determines is fair and reasonable in relation to the level at which price support is made available for corn, taking into consideration the feeding value of such commodity in relation to corn, and the other factors set forth in section 1421(b) of this title.

Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 91–524 made payments available for crops of corn, grain sorghums, and barley; prescribed as payment rate for corn such rate as, together with the national average market price received by farmers during first five months of the marketing year for the crop would not be less than (A) $1.35 per bushel, or (B) 70 per centum of the parity price of corn as of the beginning of the marketing year, whichever was the greater; prescribed as payment rate for grain sorghums and barley such rate as was fair and reasonable in relation to the rate at which payments were made available for corn; and prescribed rate of payment for 1973 crop would not be such as would result in a total amount of payments which Secretary estimated would be made pursuant to this subsection with respect to 1973 crop of feed grains above total amount of payments made pursuant to this subsection with respect to 1972 crop of feed grains by reason of level specified in clause (B) being fixed above 68 per centum of the parity price for the corn.

Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 91–524 made payments with respect to a farm available on 50 per centum of the feed grain base for the farm and for computation of the payments on the basis of the yield established for the farm for the preceding crop with such adjustments as the Secretary determines necessary to provide a fair and equitable yield.

Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 91–524 added par. (3).

Former subsec. (b) provided that “Beginning with the 1959 crop, price support shall be made available to producers for each crop of oats, rye, barley, and grain sorghums at such level of the parity price therefor as the Secretary of Agriculture determines is fair and reasonable in relation to the level at which price support is made available for corn, taking into consideration the feeding value of such commodity in relation to corn, and the other factors set forth in section 1421(b) of this title,” and is now incorporated in subsec. (a)(2) of this section.

Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 91–524 required cropland setaside, taking into consideration excessive stocks and adequate carryover, and provided for conservation uses acreage, crop year feed grain acreage limitation, “feed grains” for consideration of wheat as feed grain acreage, consideration of section 1339c feed grains diversion program, grazing restriction, and authorization of set-aside acreage for grazing and production of other commodities.