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Date Nov. 15, 1984 Report No. RCED-85-19 Title

Agriculture and Food: U.S. Sweetener/Sugar Issues and Concerns

Report To The Congress US. Sweetener/Sugar Issues And Concerns Ttrt? U.S. sugar price~.support program affects how much of the sugar the United States uses is produced domestically and how much is imported, the price of the sugar, and the percentages of the program costs borne directly by U.S. sugar consumers and by the U.S. Treasury. The current program will be reconsidered in 1985. I This report...
Date Sept. 25, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-137 Title

Agriculture and Food: Department of Agriculture's Acquisition and Distribution of Commodities for Its 1983 Payment-in-Kind Program

RELEASED I%’ THE COMFTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Government Information, Justice, And Agriculture, House Committee On Government Operations OF THE UNITEDSTATES....-.. Department Of Agriculture’s Distribution Of Commodities Payment-In-Kind Program The Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) 1983 Payment-In-Kind (PIK) program paid producers of five commodities--wheat...
Date Aug. 6, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-159 Title

Agriculture and Food: Department of Agriculture Is Using Improved Payment Procedures for Its 1984 Farm Programs

Report To The Honorable Berkley Bedell House Of Representatives Department Of Agriculture Is Using Improved Payment Procedures For Its 1984 Farm Programs Farmers partlclpatlng In the Department of Agrlculture’s price support programs receive payments for taking portlons of their cropland out of productlon These programs stabtllze farm commodity prices and farrn Incomes by controlllng productlon ...
Date April 1, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-130 Title

Agriculture and Food: Food Bibliography

i References to Reports and Other Documents Issued by the U.S. General Accounting Office GAO/WED-84-1 30 . FOOD BIBLlOGRAPHY References to Reports and Other Documents Issued by the U.S. General Accounting Office JANUARY 1981 - DECEMBER 1983 U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D C. 20548 APRIL 1984 . GAO/RCED-84-130 CHARLES A. BOWSHER COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Document process...
Date March 16, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-120 Title

Agriculture and Food: Federal Crop Insurance Program in North Carolina and Iowa

UNiTED STATES GENERAL WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTING D.C 20548 OFFICE RESOURCES COMMLNITV AND ECONOMC OEVELOPMENT DIVISION RELEASED R~STRM%ECiB A@c*untiw aB by the Office March 16, 1984 B-21 4525 The Honorable Jesse Helms, The Honorable Roger Jensen Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry United States Senate Subject: Chairman Information on the Federal Crop Insurance Program in North Carolina a...
Date March 15, 1984 Report No. 123639 Title

Agriculture and Food: Evaluations of WIC's Effectiveness

UNITED STATES GENERAL .ACCOUNTING OFFICE 20548 WASHINGTON, D.C. t J I For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:00 a.m. March 15, 1984 ~ STATEMENT OF ELEANOR CHELIMSKY DIRECTOR, PROGRAMEVALUATION AND METHODOLOGY DIVISION ON EVALUATIONS Q'F WIC'S EFFECTIVENESS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY UNITED STATES SENATE , ~ Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: t , , We are v...
Date March 14, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-58 Title

Agriculture and Food: Improved Administration of Special Surplus Dairy Product Distribution Program Needed

t r, * , REPORT THE BY Comptroller General OF THE UNITED STATES Improved Administration Of Special Surplus Dairy Product Distribution Program Needed To help reduce inventories of surplus dairy products, the Department of Agriculture began providing states with products for distribution to the needy in December 1981; through September 1983, 510 million pounds of cheese and 174 million pounds of but...
Date March 14, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-65 Title

Agriculture and Food: More Attention Needed in Key Areas of the Expanded Crop Insurance Program

I Report To The Secretary Of Agriculture l23G88 m. BYTHEUS GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE More Attention Needed In Key Areas Of The Expanded Crop Insurance Program In accordance with the Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1980, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) has made substantial progress in expanding its insurance program nationwide and in involving the private sector in selling and servicing ...
Date March 8, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-97 Title

Electronic Marketing of Agricultural Commodities: An Evolutionary Trend

BY THEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Chairman, Committee On Small Business House Of Representatives ACIF$I-::, by wi3 t.es.*“d el . OXEI: I, > C~~g~sL&5r,;;:i ‘ L*~“l.rxFc+“.s .,,,.u.!J;thi: ~~~~,~~,~~ RELEASED Electronic Marketing Of Agricultural Commodities: An Evolutionary Trend Electronic marketing in agriculture refers to selling livestock and other commodities via telepho...
Date Jan. 30, 1984 Report No. PEMD-84-4 Title

Agriculture and Food: WIC Evaluations Provide Some Favorable but No Conclusive Evidence on the Effects Expected for the Special Supplemental Program for Women, Infants, and Children

i . i . r BYTHEUS. GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Committee On Agriculture, -- Nutrition, And Forestry . ’ United States Senate -- _ ---___ - . -_ WIG Evaluations Provide -vorabk+@ No Conclusive Evidence On The Effects Expected For The Special Supplemental iProgram iFor Women, Infants, . And Children I -r----C---. *+C GAO analyzed theevaluations of the Special Supplemental Program for Wo...
Date Dec. 12, 1983 Report No. RCED-84-33 Title

Agriculture and Food: Cost Information on the USDA Tobacco Program

UNITED STATES GENERAL WASHiNGTON. ACCOUNTlNG D.C. 20548 OFFICE RESOURCES. COMMUNITY. AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION December 12, 1983 B-205935 The Honorable Thomas E. Petri House of Representatives Dear M r. Petri: Subject: Cost Information (GAO/RCED-84-33) on USDA's Tobacco Program In your April 13, 1983, letter and subsequent discussions with your office, you asked that we obtain cost informa...
Date Nov. 28, 1983 Report No. RCED-84-48 Title

Natural Resources: Agriculture's Soil Conservation Programs Miss Full Potential in the Fight Against Soil Erosion

. . l s. /2Zq’ qM \ h’ THE COM P T R O LLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES Agriculture’ s Soil Conservation Programs M iss Full Potential In The Fight Against Soil Erosion Indications are that soil erosion is becoming more serious and Department of Agriculture programs are not keeping pace with the current rate of erosion. Agriculture’ s conservation resources, includin...
Date Nov. 28, 1983 Report No. OACG-84-1 Title

Budget and Spending: Federal Agencies' Implementation of the 1983 Emergency Jobs Appropriations Act

MHE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Chairman, Committee On Appropriations U.S. Senate OF THE UNITEDSTATES Federal Agencies’ Implementation Of The 1983 Emergency Jobs Appropriations Act Title I of the Emergency Jobs Appropriations Act made available 89 billion in various funding actions to provide productive jobs for unemployed Americans and for other purposes. GAO reviewed 18 federal agenciesâ...
Date Nov. 3, 1983 Report No. 122983 Title

Agriculture and Food: Department of Agriculture's Payment-In-Kind Program

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING.OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 --1 j FOR RELEASE ON DELkVERY Expecked at lO:,t$O A.M. EST Thursday, November. 3, 1983 / STATEMENT OF BRIAN P. CROWLEY SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR RESOURCES, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTDlV+N BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEEON SELECT REVENUE MEASURES OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS ON THE ) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S PAYMENT-IN-K...
Date Aug. 12, 1983 Report No. RCED-83-157 Title

Housing: Equitable Interest Rates Are Needed for Farmers Home Administration Loans

. BY THE U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Secretary Of Agriculture Equitable Interest Rates Are Needed For Farmers Administration Loans Home In fiscal year 1982, the Farmers Home Administration loaned $4.9 billion to help borrowers buy and operate farms, purchase or improve homes, and construct or expand community facilities. But the interest rates charged on these loans have not been f...
Date May 26, 1983 Report No. 121461 Title

Agriculture and Food: The Department of Agriculture's Federal Crop Insurance Corporation

I I’ . :’ -ii?hf6, F O R RELEASE O N THURSDAY,MAY.26, 1983 UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTING F F ICE O WASHINGTON,D.C. 20548 STATEMENTF O R THE RECORDBY BRIAN P. CROWLEY;SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR RESOURCES, O M M U N ITY,AND ECONOMIC C DEVELOPMENT DIVISION BEFORETHE SUBCOMMITTEE N GOVERNMENT O INFORMATION, JUSTICE, AND AGRICULTURE HOUSEC O M M ITTEEO N GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS ON THE DEPARTMENT F A...
Date May 13, 1983 Report No. 121372 Title

Agriculture and Food: Use of Federally Supported Research Facilities

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:00 A.M. MST FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1983 STATEMENT OF WILLIAM E. GAHR, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR RESOURCES, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS AND OVERSIGHT, HOUSE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ON I USE OF FEDERALLY SUPPORTED RESEARCH FACILITIES MR. CHAIRM...
Date April 20, 1983 Report No. 121176 Title

Agriculture and Food: The Department of Agriculture's Federal Crop Insurance Corporation

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:30 A.M. EST WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1983 STATEMENT OF BRIAN P. CROWLEY; SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR RESOURCES, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTDIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEEON CONSERVATION, CREDIT, AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE ON THE DEPARTMENTOF AGRICULTURE'S FEDERAL CROP I...
Date April 1, 1983 Report No. RCED-83-110 Title

Agriculture and Food: Food Bibliography

d - llll11111lllllllll 121341 FOOD BIBLIOGRAPHY JANUARY 1981 DECEMBER $982 & - References to Reports and Other Documents Issued by the U.S. General Accounting Office RED-83-1IO m i - FOOD BIBLIQGRAPHY References to Reports and Other Documents Issued by the U.S. General Accounting Office JANUARY 1981 DECEMBER 1982 - U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 APRIL 1983 RCED-83-110 U.S. G...
Date March 22, 1983 Report No. 120948 Title

Agriculture and Food: Department of Agriculture Food Surplus Inventories Available for Distribution to Low-Income and Unemployed Persons

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON,D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASEON TUESDAY, MARCH22, 1983 STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD BY BRIAN P. CROWLEY;ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, SENIOR LEVEL; RESOURCES, COMMUNITY,AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION BEFORETHE SUBCOMMITTEE DOMESTICMARKETING, ON CONSUMER RELATIONS, AND NUTRITION HOUSECOMMITTEEON AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT AGRICULTURE OF SURPLUSINVENTORIES AVAILABLE FOR...
Date March 9, 1983 Report No. RCED-83-114 Title

Agriculture and Food: Information on the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation's 1983 Standard Reinsurance Agreement

BYTHEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Honorable Bill Alexander House Of Representatives Information On The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation’s 1983 Standard Reinsurance Agreement The Federal crop insurance program is the primary disaster assistance program offered farmers by the Department of Agriculture. The program is available through the combined services of the private insuranca ...
Date March 8, 1983 Report No. RCED-83-117 Title

Agriculture and Food: Information on the Federal Crop Insurance Program

/tgO&3 3 BY THEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Conservation, Credit, And Rural Development, Committee On Agriculture House Of Representatives Information On The Federal Crop Insurance Program The Department of Agricukure’s Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) is responsible for developing an insurance program to help protect farmers against financial rui...
Date March 7, 1983 Report No. GGD-83-26 Title

Financial Institutions: Interim Report on the Implementation of the Farm Credit Act Amendments of 1980

., I L 723-r ii’ THECOMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THEUNITED STATES Interim Report On The Implementation Of The Farm Credit Act Amendments Of 1980 The Farm Credit System’s basic authorizing legislation was amended in 1980 to provide additional authorities to the System so it could more effectively serve the need’s of agriculture in the t980a. GAO con#ducted this review pursuant to provisio’ns of t...
Date Feb. 9, 1983 Report No. RCED-83-83 Title

Agriculture and Food: Research and Extension Programs to Aid Small Farms

b l . -‘ GENERAL ACCOUNTING D.C. 20548 OFFICE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, RESOURCES, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION . B-199623 FEBRUARY 9,1983 The Honorable The Secretary Dear M r. John R. Block of Agriculture Secretary: Research and Extension Programs Small Farms (GAO/RCED-83-83) to Aid 111111 I 120543 Subject: In a 1975 report to the Congress entitled "Some Problems Impeding Econom...
Date Jan. 14, 1983 Report No. RCED-83-20 Title

Agriculture and Food: Federal Agricultural Research Facilities Are Underused

BY -1 COMPTROLLER GENERAL t-it. Report To The Congress Federal Agricultural Research Facilities Are Underused Many of the Agrrcultural Research Service’s 148 domestic research locations are not staffed to rherr designed capacity, Service scientists use about 73 percent of that capacity and other Federal and State scientists use an additional 10 percent. Meanwhile, new facilities are under constr...
Date Dec. 2, 1982 Report No. RCED-83-36 Title

Agriculture and Food: Federal Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition Programs in the New England Region

KI-pzl 00s e BY THEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Honorable James M. Jeffords House Of Representatives Federal Food, Agriculture, And Nutrition P;rograms In The New England Region The six New England States have about 6 percent of the U.S. population, spend aqproximately 818 billion annually on food, some 83 billion in agricultural 46 Federal food, agriprograms which provided .7 billio...
Date Nov. 2, 1982 Report No. RCED-83-54 Title

Agriculture and Food: USDA Needs Objective Criteria for Awarding Special Disaster Payments

. BY THEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Honorable Berkley Bedell House Of Representatives RESTRICTED Accounting =Office Not to be released excdpt on the basis of specific approval Relations _“__.. -, by thh, O;ffice of Gongressional l&DA Needs Objective Criteria F/x Awarding Special Disaster Payments The Department of Agriculture recently a&arded special disaster payments to 83 co~unt...
Date Sept. 30, 1982 Report No. EMD-82-30 Title

Energy: Department of Agriculture Could Do More To Help Farmers Conserve Energy

Comptroller General RELEASED 06 THE UNITEDSTATES De’partment Of Agriculture Could Do More To Help Farmers Conserve Energy Important areas in which farmers can achieve near term energy savings are irrigation improv ments, conservation tillage, and reduce fertilizer application. How 1 ver, some farmers are not adopting ener yconservetion practices because they are eluctant to change from tradition...
Date Sept. 16, 1982 Report No. 119510 Title

Natural Resources: Changes Needed in U.S. Assistance To Deter Deforestation in Developing Countries

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 2:30 p.m. Date: September 16, 1982 Statement of FRANK C. CONAHAN Director, International before Subcommittee Agriculture the Resources, Division on Natural Research, of the Illlllll IA 119510 and Environment Committee on Science and the and Technology Subcommittee on Human Rights of Committee U.S. an...
Date Sept. 16, 1982 Report No. ID-82-50 Title

International Affairs: Changes Needed in U.S. Assistance To Deter Deforestation in Developing Countries

BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL 119 yw Report To The Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Changes Needed In U.S. Assistance To Deter Deforestation In Developing Countries AID’s forestry assistance program has tended to overestimate developing-country commitments and capabilities to carry out forest conservation projects, thus, contributing to the difficulties some countries are having in implementing AID projec...
Date June 16, 1982 Report No. CED-82-106 Title

Agriculture and Food: Information on Commodity Credit Corporation Loan Repayment Practices

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, _ DC. 20548 RELEASED COt+vlUNlTV O&VCLOPM~M AND ECONOMIC DIVISION June 16, 1982 B-207895 The Honorable Robert N. Shamansky House of Representatives Dear Mr. Shamansky: Information on Commodity Loan Repayment Practices Wllllll lllllYll 118782 Subject: Credit Corporation (GAO/CEDy82-106) , and subsequent In response to your May 27, 1982, request ce...
Date June 1, 1982 Report No. CED-82-76 Title

Agriculture and Food: Food Bibliography

8 , t I 11l1l11111 I lI 1l1l111111 I11l1 1111l 119106 FOOD BIBLIOGRAPHY JANUARY - DECEMBER 1981 References to Reports and Other Documents Issued by the U.S. General Accounting Office CE D-82-76 (322yj-3 FOOD BIBLIOGRAPHY References to Reports and Other Documents Issued by the U.S. General Accounting Office JANUARY-DECEMBER 1981 U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 JUNE 1982 CED-82...
Date May 14, 1982 Report No. 118410 Title

Agriculture and Food: Assistance to Beginning Farmers

UNITED STATES GENERAL WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTING OFFICE D.C. 20548 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC OIVISION May 14, 1982 The Honorable Richard E. Lyng Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Dear Mr. Lyng: Subject: Assistance to Beginning Farmers Within the last several years, concern has been raised about the barriers faced by beginning farmers in obtaining financing to This concern has been discussed in ...
Date April 1, 1982 Report No. 117991 Title

Agriculture and Food: General Accounting Office Reviews of Department of Agriculture Activities

United States General Accounting Washington, D.C. 20548 Office FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 9:30 a.m. EST Thursday, April 1, 1982 Statement of Henry Eschwege, Director Community and Economic Development Subcommittee Senate Division before the on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations Reviews Activities of on General Accounting Office Department of A...
Date Feb. 17, 1982 Report No. 117652 Title

Agriculture and Food: The Cooperative Extension Service

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 2:OO P.M. EST WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1982 STATEMENT OF BRIAN P. CROWLEY, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR SENIOR LEVEL COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FOREIGN AGRICULTURE ~ HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AT OVERSIGHT HEARINGS ON THE COOPE...
Date Jan. 29, 1982 Report No. CED-82-41 Title

Agriculture and Food: Comments on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's 1981 Program Report and Environmental Impact Statement

.I* I UN&D STAT~~GENERA~ACCOUNTING OFFICE --j~----j~- ..a D.C. 20548 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMU AND IEcoNoMIC DIVIslON WASHINGTON, w q 1(7 January 29, 1982 B-199776 Mr. Norman A. Berg Chief, Soil Conservation Service U.S. Department of Agriculture Dear Mr. Berg: Subject: III 117449 Comments on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's 1981 Program Report and Environmental Impact Statement "(revised draft)--So...
Date Dec. 10, 1981 Report No. 117015 Title

Agriculture and Food: General Accounting Office Review of the Department of Agriculture's Grain Warehouse Examination Programs

United States General Accounting Washington, D.C. 20548 Office For release on delivery expected at 10:00 a.m. EST Thursday, December 10, 1981 Statement of Director Division Brian P. Crowley, Senior Associate Community and Economic Development Before Subcommittee the on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains Committee on Agriculture House of Representatives on a General Accounting Office Review of the De...
Date Sept. 30, 1981 Report No. PAD-81-68 Title

Agriculture and Food: Special Estate Tax Provisions for Farmers Should Be Simplified To Achieve Fair Distribution of Benefits

REPORTBY THE OF THE UNITEDSTATES I -I c,7 .
Date Sept. 21, 1981 Report No. CED-81-156 Title

Agriculture and Food: Information on Peanut Allotment Owners That Lease and Rent Away Rather Than Plant Their Peanut Allotment Quotas

8,; dl,, UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 September COMMUNIW AN0 geOFlOHlC 21, 1981 DBVBLOPMENT OlVtStON B-204751 The 'Honorable United States Dear Senator Subject: Richard Senate Lugar: G. Lugar II : 116480 Information on Peanut Allotment Owners That Lease and Rent Away Rather Than Plant Their Peanut Allotments/Quotas (ICED-U-156) In response to your August 26, 1981,...
Date Aug. 31, 1981 Report No. CED-81-144 Title

Limited-Resource Farmer Loans: More Can Be Done To Achieve Program Goals and Reduce Costs

‘ \l’Gd REPORT'BV U.S. THE General Accounting Office Limited-Resource Farmer Loans: More Can Be Done To Achieve Program Goals And Reduce Costs Since 1978 the Farmers Home Administration has provided more than a billion dollars in low-interest loans to borrowers with limited resources, such as new farmers, disadvantaged farmers, and farmers making changes in their operations who lack the income...
Date Aug. 21, 1981 Report No. CED-81-119 Title

Agriculture and Food: Cooperative Extension Service's Mission and Federal Role Need Congressional Clarification

BY WE C’CMPTROLLERGENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF U--iE UNITEDSTATES Cooperative Extension Service’s Mission And Federal Role Need Congressional Clarification 7he Cooperative Extension Service has ex. f)andcd into new and more socially oriented r)rograms from its original focus on agricul. turf: and home economrcs programs in primarily rural areas. As demands for its services have increased, ...
Date Aug. 13, 1981 Report No. CED-81-137 Title

Financial Management: Review of Financial Statements of Commodity Credit Corporation

J ,, .--. I--f 1\Q “CI -v.+ //6-c’JY I BY THECOMPTROLiER GENERA’ Report To The Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES P h Review Of Financial Statements Of Commodity Credit Corporation GAO has noted certain departures from generally accepted accounting principles in the financial statements of the Commodity Credit Corportation for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1980. Because of these departures an...
Date Aug. 11, 1981 Report No. CED-81-120 Title

Natural Resources: Continuation of the Resource Conservation and Development Program Raises Questions

House And Senate On Appropriations Committees OF THE UNITED STATES Continuation Of The Resource Conservation And Development Program Raises Questions The Resource Conservation and Development Program is a rural devetopment program initiated in the early 1960’s to improve the conservation and use of natural resources and the economic well-being of local communities. GAO found that program objecti...
Date July 30, 1981 Report No. CED-81-148 Title

Agriculture and Food: Analysis of Certain Operations of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation

United States Senate RELEASED Analysis Of Certain Operations Of The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation The law authorizing the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation was amended in 1980 to encourage greater involvement by the private insurance industry in the Federal program to protect agricultural producers from losses caused tt; unavoidable natural hazards. GAO’s review found that: --Premiums for ...
Date July 27, 1981 Report No. CED-81-110 Title

Agriculture and Food: Lessons To Be Learned From Offsetting the Impact of the Soviet Grain Sales Suspension

., . . * . REPORTBY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES Lessons To Be Learned From Offsetting The Impact Of The Soviet Grain Sales Suspension The Department of Agriculture took actions to offset the impact on farmers of the January 1980-Apri I 198 1 Soviet grain sales suspension. These actions were aimed at stabilizing market prices and included purchase and resale of exporters’ undelive...
Date June 26, 1981 Report No. CED-81-70(II) Title

Agriculture and Food: Consequences of USDA's Farmer-Owned Reserve Program for Grain Stocks and Prices, Vol. 2

PREPARED FOR Report To The Congress THE U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Farmer-Owned Grain Reserve Program Needs Modification To Improve Effectiveness: Consequences Of USDA's Farmer-Owned Reserve Program For Grain Stocks And Prices By Dr. Bruce Gardner Volume 2 Of Three Volumes Dr. Gardner's analysis of the farmer-owned grain reserve program shows that there was little effect on inventory levels an...
Date June 26, 1981 Report No. CED-81-70 Title

Agriculture and Food: Farmer-Owned Grain Reserve Program Needs Modification To Improve Effectiveness

OF THE UNITEDSTATES Farmer-Owned Grain Reserve Program Needs Modification To Improve Effectiveness Volume 1 Of Three Volumes The DepartmentofAgricuIture’sfarmer-owned grain reserve program was authorized in 1977 to allow producers to store grains to provide for orderly marketing and stable prices. The program has not fully met its objectives because it has not --materially increased as intended,...
Date June 26, 1981 Report No. CED-81-70(I) Title

Agriculture and Food: Farmer-Owned Grain Reserve Program Needs Modification To Improve Effectiveness, Vol. 1

BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THE UNITED STATES Farmer-Owned Grain Reserve Program Needs Modification To Improve Effectiveness Volume 1 Of Three Volumes The Department of Agriculture's farmer-owned grain reserve program was authorized in 1977 to allow producers to stole grains to provide for orderly marketing and stable prices. The pirogram has not fully met its objectives b...
Date June 26, 1981 Report No. CED-81-70(III) Title

Agriculture and Food: Theoretical and Empirical Considerations in Agricultural Buffer Stock Policy Under the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977, Vol. 3

PREPARED FOR Report To The Congress THE US, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Farmer-Owned Grain Reserve Program Needs Modification To Improve Effectiveness: Theoretical And Empirical Considerations In Agricultural Buffer Stock Policy Under The Food And Agriculture Act Of 1977 By Dr. Richard E.Just Volume 3 Of Three Volumes Dr. Just's analysis indicates that price stabilization in both the grain and lives...
Date June 24, 1981 Report No. 088053 Title

Agriculture and Food: Department of Agriculture's Germplasm Program

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 2:00 P.M. EDT WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1981 STATEMENT OF BRIAN P, CROWLEY, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR SENIOR LEVEL COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FOREIGN AGRICULTURE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE ON DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S GERMPLASM...