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Date March 16, 1979 Report No. 108832 Title

Agriculture and Food: Proposed Sugar Stabilization Act of 1979

. W’ UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OFFICE 108832 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:30 A.M. EST FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1979 STATEMENT OF HENRY ESCHWEGE, DIRECTOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRADE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS ON SUGAR PROGRAMS MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE: TO DISCUSS 0~ THE WE RECENTLY 1979, I...
Date Jan. 22, 1979 Report No. OIM-79-02 Title

Government Operations: Summaries of Conclusions and Recommendations on the Operations of Civil Departments and Agencies

:“; I i- 8. This is a summary of GAO’s conclusions and recommendations resulting from its audits and other review work in the Operations of Civil Departments and Agencies, compiled to assist congressional committees in their review of budget requests for fiscal year 1980. Previous GAO reports brought these matters to the attention of the congressional and departmental officials. :,. ; OIM-79-0...
Date Jan. 15, 1979 Report No. HRD-79-30 Title

Employment: The Award of Funds to the National Farm Workers Service Center, Inc. Was Poorly Managed

General Accounting Office -’ The Award Of Funds To The National Farm Workers Service Center, Inc. Was Poorly Managed This IClJ(Jl t (I~!!,(:llt)(!S t\OW t.tw I)c!partment of Labor iiw;rrtttxl 1r1otx: rhan $tlOO,OOO in Comprt:h(:rrsivc! FrlllJloynlc?nt tind Training Act furids to ttlt! Ncltiollcll F;lrm Workers Service Center, Ir,(:. 0 rJor~profit organization foundor by ttlt! Ollitctl Farm Worke...
Date Sept. 15, 1978 Report No. CED-78-173 Title

Natural Resources: Department of Commerce Activities Regarding Foreign Investment in U.S. Farmland

l~lIllllIllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll LMl07047 S-114824 SEP15 878 The Honorable Richard Nolan Chairman, Subcommittee on Family Rural Development, and Special Committee on Agriculture House of Fepresentatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Farms, Studies In meetings with your office, we agreed to take a quick look at the activities of the Department of Commerce's Office of Foreign Investment in the...
Date July 21, 1978 Report No. CED-78-141 Title

Department of Agriculture's Beef Grading: Accuracy and Uniformity Need To Be Improved

DOCUMENT 06470 B20670O6 RESIE Ljepartimnt of Aqriculture's Beef Grading: Accuracy and Uniformity h.eed To Be Improved. CED-78-141; B-136868. July 21, 1978. 4 pp. + 5 appendices (12 pp.). rhport to the ongress; by Elmer . Staats, Cptrcller General. Issue Are&: Food: Grain Inspection and Commodity Grading Proqrams ( 709) . Contct: Community and Economic Development Div. budget function: Agriculture:...
Date Aug. 2, 1977 Report No. CED-77-105 Title

Agriculture and Food: The Department of Agriculture Should Be Authorized To Charge for Cotton Classing and Tobacco Grading Services

REPORT TO THE CONGRESS BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES The Department Of Agriculture Should Be Authorized To Charge For Cotton Classing And Tobacco Grading Services The Congress should pass legislation authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to charge users for cotton classing and tobacco grading services. Except for cotton and tobacco producers, users of the Department of Agricul...
Date July 19, 1977 Report No. 088996 Title

Government Operations: Observations on Soil Conservation Service's 1975 Study of Noncropland Having Potential for Conversion to Cropland

UNITEDSTATES GENERAL ACUWNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. D C 20548 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DlVlSlON Mr R M Davis Adrmnlstrator, Sol1 Conservation Department of Agriculture Dear Mr Davis . Service We are makIng a survey to determine whether the use of prime agricultural land for nonagricultural purposes IS, or 1s likely to become, a problem in the United States Part of our effort to date has be...
Date July 13, 1977 Report No. CED-77-87 Title

Agriculture and Food: Food and Agriculture Models for Policy Analysis

DOCUMENT RESUME 02755 A1993054] Jujy Food and Agriculture Models for Policy Analysis. CED-77-37. 13, 1977. 36 pp. + 6 appendices (28 pp.). Staff study by Henry Eschwege, Development Div. Director, Community and Economic Issue Area: Food: Federal Food Policy Decisionmaking Structure (1715). Contact: Community and Economic Development Div. Budget Function: Agriculture (350); Income Security: Public ...
Date May 16, 1977 Report No. ID-77-13 Title

International Affairs: The United States Should Play a Greater Role in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

DOCUMENT RESUME 02132 A14524431 The United States Should Play a Greater Role in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ID-77-13; B-159652. Mav 16, 1977. 66 pp. Report to Sen. Abraham ibicoff, Chairman, Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: International conomic and Military Programs: U.S. Participation in Activities of ...
Date May 2, 1977 Report No. ID-76-87 Title

Agriculture and Food: Issues Surrounding the Management of Agricultural Exports

DCCUMENT RESUME 01883 A1252234] Issues Surrounding the MNnagement of Agricultural Exports. ID-76-87; B-176943. ay 2, 1977. 2 vols. (v.1, 127 pp.; v.2, 115 Pp.). Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Food: Federal Invclvement i U.S. Agricultural Commercial Export Sales (1714). Contact: International Div. Budget Function: Agriculture (350). Organizaticn Concern...
Date April 8, 1977 Report No. GGD-76-91 Title

Alcohol and Tobacco Excise Taxes: Laws and Audits Need Modernizing

Date July 16, 1976 Report No. CED-76-132 Title

Agriculture and Food: Supplemental Information on Assessment of the National Grain Inspection System

REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL z OF THE UNITED STATES Supplemental Information On Assessment Of The National Grain Inspection System Department of Agriculture ’ On Feburary 12, 1976, GAO issued a repot-t entitled, “Assessment of the National Grain Inspection System” (RED-76-7 1). This report presents additional information GAO considered in its evaluation of the system. CED-76-132 JULY 16...
Date May 28, 1976 Report No. ID-76-61 Title

Agriculture and Food: Grain Marketing Systems in Argentina, Australia, Canada, and the European Community; Soybean Marketing System in Brazil

Marketing systems and agricultural policies of major grain and soybean producing and exporting countries vary with the political orientation toward the agricultural sector. An assortment of plans are operating in these countries to implement domestic and export marketing systems. This report was made in response to a request by the Subcommittee on Multinational Corporations, Senate Committee on Fo...
Date March 26, 1976 Report No. OSP-76-16 Title

Grain Reserves: A Potential U.S. Food Policy Tool

REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES LMO99406 lllllllillllllllillllllllilll~lll~ Grain Reserves: A Potential U.S. Food Policy Tool GAO, in considering grain reserves as part of U.S. food policy, concludes that: --We cannot be certain that adverse weather -shocks, similar to those in 1972 and 1974, will not occur in the future. Such shocks would tax existing food supplies and the ...
Date Aug. 27, 1975 Report No. RED-76-6 Title

Agriculture and Food: What the Department of Agriculture Has Done and Needs To Do To Improve Agricultural Commodity Forecasting and Reports

Department of Agriculture forecasts of wheat and corn acres harvested, yields, domestic demands, exports, carryovers, and prices have not been sufficiently accurate in recent years. Cases cited in this report show how off-target forecasts and misjudgments of farmers’ responses to cropland set-aside programs contributed to decisions which resulted in (1) higher price-support payments than would h...
Date March 26, 1975 Report No. GGD-75-53 Title

Tax Policy and Administration: Mandatory Tax Withholding Recommended for Agricultural Employees

* REPORT TO THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON INTERNAL REVENUE TAXATION CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES Mandatory Tax Witlhholding Recommended For Agricultural Employees Internal Revenue Service Department of the Treasury BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON, OF THE UNITED P.C. 20848 STATES B-137762 Chairman and Vice Chairman Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxatio...
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 May 3, 1974 Report No. B-146770 Title

Financial Management: Interim Report on the Commodity Exchange Authority and on Commodity Futures Trading

B-146770 Department of Agriculture t2soMPTsif3JJ%? Gl%JERAt WASHINGTON. 6F D.C. THE UNITER 20548 STATES B-146 770 @ To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives This is our interim report on the Commodity Exchange Authority, Department of Agriculture, and on commodity futures trading. We made our review pursuant to the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921 (31 U. S. C. ...
Date March 22, 1974 Report No. B-178753 Title

Agriculture and Food: Impact of Soybean Exports on Domestic Supplies and Prices

Impact Of Soybean Exports 3n Domestic Supplies And Prices Department of Agriculture B-178753 BY THE COlMpTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C. THE UNITED STATES 20548 B-178753 The Honorable Robert H. Steele House of Representatives Dear Mr. Steele: ,‘-r /< In response to your request, we examined the impact of U.S. export policy on the supply and price of U...