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Date Sept. 23, 1986 Report No. 131061 Title

Agriculture and Food: Preliminary Results of GAO's Review of the Department of Agriculture's Federal Crop Insurance Program

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:30 a.m. SEPTEMBER 23, 1986 STATEMENT OF BRIAN P. CROWLEY, SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR RESOURCES, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON CONSERVATION, CREDIT, AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE ON PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF GAO'S REVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT ...
Date Aug. 11, 1986 Report No. RCED-86-137 Title

Farm Programs: An Analysis of Two Production Control Options

. United States General Accounting Office 1.a i GAO ’ -August 1988 Repo.rt to the Secretary ,of Agriculture FARM PROGRAMS An Analysis of Two Production Control Options 130661 1 GAO/;RCED-86-137 03s 313 GAO United States General Accounting OffIce Washington, D.C. 20648 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B213707 August, 11, 1986 The Honorable Richard E. Lyng The Secretary of A...
Date Jan. 30, 1986 Report No. 128980 Title

Financial Institutions: The Financial Condition of the Farmers Home Administration's Loan Portfolio and Its Borrowers

. 1 9-v t L United States General Accounting Washington, D.C. 20548 O ffice taq0(J Ill 128980 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTEDAT 1O:OO A.M. JANUARY 30, 1986 STATEMENTOF BRIAN P. CROWLEY SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR RESOURCES, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION BEFORE THE SENATE C O M M ITTEEON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY ON~~THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE FARMERSH O M EA D M INISTR...
Date Dec. 11, 1985 Report No. RCED-86-64BR Title

Cross Compliance: USDA Could Reduce Crop Production by Requiring Cross Compliance

1 *,, United S&es Generai Accounting Office GAO December 1985 712 Briefing Report to Congressional Requestors CROSSCOMPLIANCE USDA Could Reduce ’ Crop Production by Requiring Cross Compliance ,,, 128712 GAO/RCED-86-64 BR 03Ls1oq ;,” d , ,, i *IY’ UNITED STATES GENERAL WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTING D.C. 20548 OFFICE December RESOURCES, COMMUNITY. AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION 11, 1985 B-217740 T...
Date Oct. 18, 1985 Report No. RCED-86-29FS Title

Agriculture and Food: Examples of USDA's Application of the $50,000 Payment Limitation

BY THE U.S.GENERALACC’OUT\lTING OFFICE Fact Sheet For The Chairman, Committee Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry United States Senate On Examples @f USDA’s Application Of The $50,000 Payment Limitation GAO/RCED-66-29FS OCTOBER 18,1886 Request for copies of GAO reports should be sent to: U.S. General Accounting Off ice Document Handling and Information Services Facility P.O. Box 6015 Gaithers...
Date Sept. 25, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-89 Title

1983 Payment-in-Kind Program Overview: Its Design, Impact, and Cost

t ’ W’THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES 1983 Payment-In-Kind Program Overview: Its Design, Impact, and Cost To assist the Congress in its deliberations on the 1985 farm bill, this report ties together the results of several issued GAO products and provides additional analysis on selected aspects of the 1983 Payment-In-Kind (PIK) program. Under PIK, the Departmen...
Date Feb. 6, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-71 Title

Agriculture and Food: Information on Delinquent Borrowers in Farmers Home Administration Major Farmer Loan Programs

1 c 3-@?~ ’ * I l&J52 REPORT B'YTHE US. General Accounting Office *’ information $$h Delinquent Borrowers h Farmers Hohe Administration Major Farmer Loan Programs Farmers Home Administration is the federal government’s lead agency for helping rural Americans improve their farming enterprises. --As of June 30, 1984, there were 267,252 active FmHA borrowers with one or more of the major farmer...
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 Aug. 10, 1982 Report No. 089736 Title

Agriculture and Food: Concerns About the Actuarial Soundness of the Federal Crop Insurance Program

SI-^\ '-UNITED ., STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE "'"*' ~"~"~--~.WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ~,~'~/'/~ COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION AUG 1 0 1982 Mr. Merritt W. Sprague Manager, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Department of Agriculture Dear Mr. Sprague: Subject: Concerns About the Actuarial Soundness of the Federal Crop Insurance Program This letter is in response to your request duri...
Date Aug. 2, 1982 Report No. CED-82-86 Title

Agriculture and Food: Congressional Decision Needed on Necessity of Federal Wool Program

‘W I r!tpj@ BY THECbMi’TROLLER GENEGAL Report To The Congress OF THEUNITED STATES Congre&ional Decision Needed On Necessity Of Federal Wool Program The Department of Agriculture’swool incentive payment program has not been effective in accomplishing its stated objectives-to encourage wool production and to increase wool quality. Also, wool is no longer as important to the military and the U....
Date March 3, 1981 Report No. PAD-81-07 Title

Natural Resources: Federal Charges for Irrigation Projects Reviewed Do Not Cover Costs

l BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL’ Report ToThe Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES Federal Charges For Irrigation Projects Reviewed Do Not Cover Costs GAO reviewed six Federal irrigation projects and found that the water produced will cost the Government between $54 and $130 an acre-foot each year, but the crops grown by the farmers will not yield enough revenue to cover this cost. The farmers will continue ...
Date Oct. 17, 1980 Report No. CED-81-18 Title

Agriculture and Food: Agricultural Research and Extension Programs To Aid Small Farmers

c :’ . RESTRICTED - Nat to he r&and ‘outside the Accolsnting off race! oxecl.:r.,C c2 21s !:ar~~s'of specific by the wl;ice off’ cmgs~;;:o:~a~ iii~~at~oas. UNITEDSTATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 general approval GENERALACCOUNTMOFFKE RELEASED COMMUNITT OKVICLOPMKNT AN0 -MIC OIVI8ION OCTOBER 17,198O B-199623 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Subject: Donald W. Stewart Senate Stewart: lllll...
Date Sept. 18, 1980 Report No. 113346 Title

Agriculture and Food: Parity and the Agricultural Sector

. 4.2. . . .. * Y‘< .A.. 2” . - ‘i rr33Y6 UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 20548 WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 1O:OO A.M. EDT THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER18, 1980 . STATEMENTOF HENRY ESCHWEGE, DIRECTOR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTDIVISION BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE SUBCOMMITTEEON FAMILY FARMS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AND SPECIAL STUDIES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES...
Date April 24, 1979 Report No. PAD-79-15 Title

Budget and Spending: Long-Term Cost Implications of Farmers Home Administration Subsidized and Guaranteed Loan Program

_ REPORT ‘THE ‘W ; OF THE UNITEDSTATES ,. pv(js Comptroller Gendal / Long -TermCost Implications Of Farmers Home Administration Subsidized ’i And Guaranteed Loan Program I The Farmers Home Administration provides loans for rural housing, farming, and community and industrial development. In fiscal year 1979 the authorization request exceeded $7 billion, but the agency does not identify the f...
Date March 16, 1979 Report No. CED-79-24 Title

Agriculture and Food: Questionable Payments and Loan Defaults in Sugar Programs

BY THE COMPTROLLER G&iRN OF THEUNITEDSTATES qq@ ’ Report To The Congress Questionable Payments And Loan Defaults In Sugar Programs The Department of Agriculture’s sugar pricesupport payment program on 1977 crop year sugar has resulted in questionable payments ...2.+,’ of millions of dollars. Agriculture’s loan program for 1977 crop year sugar is beset with problems of storage, underpayment...
Date Sept. 26, 1978 Report No. CED-78-178 Title

Changing Character and Structure of American Agriculture: An Overview

DOCU ENT RESOE 07350 -- C2867977] Changing Character and Structure of American Agriculture: An Overview. CED-78-178; -114824. September 26, 1978. 152 pp. Staff study By Henry Eschcege, Director, Community and Economic Development Div. Issue Area: Food: Future Cost and Supply of Resources for Focil Production (1711); Domestic Housing and Community High Development: Economic Development in Rural Are...
Date April 25, 1977 Report No. CED-77-57 Title

Agriculture and Food: New Approach Needed To Control Production of Major Crops if Surpluses Again Occur

T CONGRrESS New Approach Needed To Con reduction Of ajor Crops If Surpluses Again Occur Department of Agriculture During the 1971-73 crop years, the Commodity Credit Corporation paid farmers $7.6 billion to set aside, or not farm, cropland. This was to prevent excessive supplies of wheat, feed grains, and cotton from accumulating. This was only partly effective in reducing production primarily bec...
Date Jan. 8, 1975 Report No. RED-75-288 Title

Natural Resources: National Rural Development Efforts and the Impact of Federal Programs on A 12-County Rural Area in South Dakota

IIllIRIIIIIllIllllllllllllllllllllll LM097119 Repartmerttof Agrictriture and ether Federal agencies RED-75288 EST Comptroller I . rf+ GeneraP of ?.tlc !Jnlred States .. 66 73 74 74 75 ?S 3 ChFXTAL SEm=h=TS--mRE ARE f33ME WATER AXE SEkiER N-S Residents cited capital bvctCmerzts as goals ‘=ut rrot pr0hl.f ms Sontc water and sewer need3 exist Recreation areas ar.d facilities apcpear adeqzzate 87 87...
Date March 7, 1972 Report No. 094405 Title

Achieving Better Cooperation: Washington, California, Los Angeles