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| Date June 30, 2009 |
Report No. GAO-09-746R |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 June 30, 2009 The Honorable Herb Kohl Chairman Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate The Honorable Charles E. Grassley United States Senate Subject: U.S. Agriculture: Retail Food Prices Grew Faster Than the Prices Farmers Received for Agricultural Commodit... |
| Date June 21, 2007 |
Report No. GAO-07-707 |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
June 2007 Report to Congressional Requesters SPOT CHEESE MARKET Market Oversight Has Increased, but Concerns Remain about Potential Manipulation GAO-07-707 June 2007 SPOT CHEESE MARKET Highlights
Highlights of GAO-07-707, a report to congressional requesters Accountability Integrity Reliability Market Oversight Has Increased, but Concerns Remain a... |
| Date Dec. 29, 2004 |
Report No. GAO-05-50 |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
December 2004 Report to Congressional Requesters DAIRY INDUSTRY Information on Milk Prices, Factors Affecting Prices, and Dairy Policy Options GAO-05-50 a December 2004 DAIRY INDUSTRY Information on Milk Prices, Factors Affecting Prices, and Dairy Policy Options Highlights of GAO-05-50, a report to congressional requesters In 2003, U.S. dairy farm... |
| Date June 15, 2001 |
Report No. GAO-01-561 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
June 2001 Report to Congressional Requesters DAIRY INDUSTRY Information on Milk Prices and Changing Market Structure GAO-01-561 Contents Letter Appendix I Objectives, Scope, and Methodology 1 7 Appendix II Factors That Influence the Price of Fluid Milk as It Moves From the Farm to the Consumer 15 Appendix III Analysis of Farm-to-Retail Prices for 2-Perce... |
| Date May 14, 2001 |
Report No. GAO-01-730T |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies, Committee on Appropriations, U.S. Senate For Release on Delivery Expected at 8:30 a.m., Monday, May 14, 2001 FLUID MILK Farm and Retail Prices and the Factors That Influence Them
Statement of Robert A. Robinson, Managing Director, Natural Resources and Environment GAO-01-730T Mr. Chair... |
| Date March 5, 2001 |
Report No. GAO-01-326 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
March 2001 Report to Congressional Requesters DAIRY PRODUCTS Imports, Domestic Production, and Regulation of Ultra-filtered Milk GAO-01-326 Contents Letter Appendix I Cheeses and Related Cheese Products Covered by FDA’s Standards of Identity Regulations 1 19 Appendix II Use of Ultra Filtration in the Cheese-making Process 22 Appendix III U.S. Imports o... |
| Date Oct. 8, 1998 |
Report No. RCED-99-4 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
October 1998 Report to Congressional Requesters DAIRY INDUSTRY Information on Prices for Fluid Milk and the Factors That Influence Them GAO/RCED-99-4 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-280638 October 8, 1998 The Honorable James M. Jeffords The Honorable Patrick J. L... |
| Date March 16, 1998 |
Report No. RCED-98-70 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
March 1998 Report to Congressional Requesters DAIRY INDUSTRY Information on Marketing Channels and Prices for Fluid Milk GAO/RCED-98-70 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-279068 March 16, 1998 The Honorable James M. Jeffords The Honorable Patrick J. Leahy United Sta... |
| Date Sept. 29, 1995 |
Report No. RCED-95-280R |
Title
GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, Economic Development and Division B-262140 September Congressional 29, 1995 Requesters In April 1994, leaders from more than 117 countries signed the Final Act of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade's (GATT) Uruguay Round negotiations. The Uruguay Round agreement represented the first time that particip... |
| Date May 23, 1995 |
Report No. T-RCED-95-203 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
For Releaseon Delivery Expectedat 9:OO a.m. EDT Tuesday May 23,199s Testimony
Before the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry, House of Representatives MILK MARKETING ORDERS a ‘ r Issuesfor Considerationin Reauthorizing the Farm Bill in iE
John W. Harman, Director, Food and Agriculture Issues, Resources,Community, and Economic Development Divi... |
| Date March 27, 1995 |
Report No. RCED-95-97BR |
Title
United States General Accounting Offke GAO
March 1996 Briefing Report to the Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, U.S. Senate FEDERALDAIRY PROGRAIMS Itiormation on Dairy Pricing and Related pricing 1995Farm Bill Issues General Accounting OfTice Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, Economic Development and Division B-260216 March 27,1995 The Honorable Richard G. Luga... |
| Date Dec. 16, 1994 |
Report No. RCED-95-60R |
Title
GAO United St&es General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, Economic Development and Division B-259329 December 16, 1994 The Honorable Patrick J. Leahy Chairman The Honorable Richard G. Lugar Ranking Minority Member Committee on Agriculture, and Forestry Nutrition, United States Senate The Honorable E (Kika) de la Garza Chairman The Honorable Pat Roberts Ranking Minorit... |
| Date May 13, 1994 |
Report No. RCED-94-178R |
Title
GAO United States General Accounting Offke Washington, D.C. 20648 Resources, Community, Economic Development and Division B-256917 May 13, 1994 The Honorable Tom Harkin Chairman, Subcommittee on Nutrition and Investigations Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: this In response to your December 1, 1993, request, correspondence examines the actions... |
| Date Dec. 21, 1993 |
Report No. RCED-94-19 |
Title
Resources, Community, Economic Development and Division t B-252971 December 21,1993 Congressional Requesters This report responds to your request that we (1) compare and contrast the US, dairy industry’s export activities with those of other major milk-producing nations, (2) examine opportunities to develop and expand dairy markets, and (3) identify potential obstacles that the U.S. dairy indus... |
| Date July 21, 1993 |
Report No. T-RCED-93-63 |
Title
United States Generaf Accounting Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expectedat 1O:OO EDT a.m. Wednesday July 2 1. 1993 Testimony
Before the Subcommitteeon Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education, Committee on Education and Labor, Houseof Representatives \ \. FOOD ASSISTANCE School Milk Contract . Bid-Riggmg
Statementof Robert A. Robinson, AssociateDirector, Food and Agriculture Issues, Res... |
| Date June 15, 1993 |
Report No. OCE-93-1 |
Title
i .I_ _-~_ 1itlit (4 Stat (3 (;c~rrt~r;tl Acwr~nt ing Of’ fiw GAO
*)%I .11lflt” I’* Ii-cqmrt,t,o tlhc Scxretary of Agric:ultJurc~ DAIRY PROGRAMS Effects of the Dairy Termination Program and Support Price Reductions .~--,- ..- _-_... ---.” .----. ““-“-~ -,_. ---I--- GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20648 Office of the Chief Economist B-21 1447 June 15,1993 ... |
| Date April 21, 1993 |
Report No. RCED-93-82R |
Title
GAO United States General Accounting Office Wuhhgton, D.C. 20648 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Dfvieion B-251510
April 21, 1993 The Honorable Charles W. Stenholm The Honorable Steve Gunderson The Honorable Ralph Regula The Honorable David R. Obey The Honorable Jim Leach House of Representative8 Section 702 of Public Law 96-39, the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 provide8 that if a pa... |
| Date Oct. 16, 1992 |
Report No. RCED-93-5 |
Title
tJnit,ed States Generltl Accounrhg Oifice GAO Report to the Ranking Minority Member, Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives FOOD ASSISTANCE School Milk Contract Bid-Rigging c I GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division ,’ B-239877 October 16,1992 The Honorable Tom Coleman Ranking Minority Member, Committ... |
| Date Sept. 2, 1992 |
Report No. RCED-92-258R |
Title
GAO ~-~- UdtedStates General Accounting Offlce Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-249639
September 2, 7992 illlllllllll Ill
147492 The Honorable Charles Stenholm Chairman The Honorable Steve Gunderson Ranking Minority Member Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Subcommittee Committee on Agriculture House of Representatives This letter responds to your request ... |
| Date Aug. 6, 1992 |
Report No. PEMD-92-26 |
Title
-l - _l * (“-,“_-_l l - -i ^ _- ;I A rrg l Is t~ l !K U R E C O M B IN A N T B O V IN E G R O W T H HORM O NE F D A A p p ro v a l S h o u l d B e W i th h e l d U n ti l th e M a s ti ti s Is s u e Is Re so lve d I w l l Wll l l III ll
147302 -- ~-_-.___-__..l-_.l--~“------~~--.---~-- --~ -_ ~--_ GA!!0 Uni t ed States General Accounti n g Offi c e Washi n gton, D.C. 20548 Program Methodol o... |
| Date Aug. 5, 1992 |
Report No. T-RCED-92-89 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:00 a.m. EDT Wednesday August 5, 1992 Testimony
Before the Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives FOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY FDA Strategy Needed Address Animal Drun Residues in Milk
Statement of John W. Harman, Director, Food and Agricultu... |
| Date Aug. 5, 1992 |
Report No. RCED-92-209 |
Title
FOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY FDA Strategy Needed to Address Animal Drug Residues in Milk
,-. II lllllM Ill
147221 .._ b . .__ .__. --..ll.-- ._--. .._. I” .-I_--. ----~.- (;Ao,IRCEI)-92-209 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-246269 August 5,1992 The Honorable Ted Weiss Chairman, Human Resourcesand Intergovernmen... |
| Date July 9, 1992 |
Report No. T-RCED-92-79 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office Testimony
Before the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade, Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives For Releaseon Delivery Expectedat 2:00 p.m. EDT Thursday July 9, 1992 FOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY FDA Can Improve Monitoring of Imported Cheese
Statement of William E. Gahr, Associate Director, Resources,Community, and Economic Dev... |
| Date Aug. 28, 1991 |
Report No. RCED-91-187FS |
Title
Fact, Sheet, f’ t,he Chairman, or Committte on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forcstxy, I.T.S.Senate PROGRAMS FEDERAL DAIRY Information on Farm and Retail Milk Prices ill H I111111
144699 _ _..... .” .,_._ T-“-1-‘--. .--” . . . “.ll.l ..-.. .--.--.-__-~.----.._-._.-~ -- --~ GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20648 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Di... |
| Date June 18, 1991 |
Report No. T-RCED-91-70 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office /44/6a \. GAO
For Relense on Delivery Expected at lo:30 a.m. EDT Tuesday June 18, 1991 Testimony 111111 Ill
144162 I FEDERAL DAIRY PROGRAMS Dairy Inventory Management Alternatives Statement of John W. Harman, Director Food and Agriculture Issues Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division
Before the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry C... |
| Date May 22, 1991 |
Report No. T-RCED-91-61 |
Title
1 United States General Accounting OfPlce x?f3P Testimony lllllI llll
143939 For Release on Delivery Ekpectedat l&30 a.m . EDT Wednesday
May 22, 1991 FEDERAL DAIRY PROGR&WIS Long-Term Market Solutions Needed to Solve the Surplus Problem Statement of John W . Harm an, Director Food and Agriculture Issues Resources, Com m unity, and Econom ic Developm ent Division
Before the Com m ittee on Agricultu... |
| Date Nov. 1, 1990 |
Report No. RCED-91-26 |
Title
No\wIlt,t~r l!I!IO FOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY FDA Surveys Not Adequate to Demonstrate Safety of Milk SUPPlY ill llll~~lllll
142662 RELEASED
RESTRICTED--Not to be released outside the General Accounting OlTlce unless epeclf’lcally approved by the Office of Congressional Relations.
GAO/H( xn-9 1-N GA!!!0 united states
Resources, Community, Economic Development , General Accounting Office Washington, ... |
| Date Sept. 4, 1990 |
Report No. RCED-90-186 |
Title
GAO
-. - . .-. .-.. ._“_ .- -.-..... Svj,l (‘III II(~I~ I !)!)(I ..-..._...._..-.I_.” __i_” l.-...-. __-. ._., “l--_l-_,--~.__-___ DAIRY COOPERATIVES Role and Effects of the Capper-Volstead Antitrust Exemption 2 Illllllllllll ll
-_. 142176 RESTRICTED--Not to be released outside the General Accounting Office unless specifically approved by the Of&e of Congressional Relations.
(;.A( I/ 1u ... |
| Date March 8, 1990 |
Report No. T-RCED-90-40 |
Title
United States General Accounting Ofl’ ice [$!0 g / 0 Testimony 140810 For Release on Delivery Expected at lo:00 am EDT March
8, Federal Dairy Programs Insights Into Past Provide Perspective for the Future 1990 Statement of John W. Harman, Director, Food and Agriculture Issues Resources, Community, Development Division Before the Subcommittee Dairy, and Poultry Committee on Agriculture House of R... |
| Date March 7, 1990 |
Report No. T-RCED-90-28 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office / y b 7 7 $ GAO Testimony’ For Release on Delivery Fxpected at 10:00 am EDT March 7, 1990 Federal Dairy Program& InsightG Into Pa&t Provide Perspective for the Future Statement for the Record by John W. Harman, Director, Food and Agriculture Issues ResourceS, Community, Development Division and Economic Before the Committee on Agriculture, Kutrition, and F... |
| Date Feb. 28, 1990 |
Report No. RCED-90-88 |
Title
i A. United States &&al Accounting Office !. Blend Price Program Administration USDA'S Page 38 GAO, IK:EI~-90-88 Pas of and Pwsprclivrs for Frdrral Dairy Programs Appendix I Federal Milk Marketing Order Program Purpose Federal milk marketing orders are intended to (1) promote orderly market conditions in fluid milk markets, (2) ensure consumers (both locally and nationally) of an adequate supply o... |
| Date Nov. 3, 1989 |
Report No. RCED-90-8 |
Title
i United States General Accounting Office GAO
November 1989 Report to Congressional R.equesters MILK PRICING New Method for Setting Farm Milk Prices Needs to Be Developed Resources, Community, Economic Development and Division B-236296 November 3, 1989 The Honorable Patrick Leahy The Honorable Rudy Boschwitz The Honorable Bob Kasten United States Senate Pursuant to your request of February 23, 198... |
| Date July 6, 1989 |
Report No. RCED-89-96 |
Title
t United States General Accounting Office GAO
July 1989 Report to Congressional Requesters DAIRY TERMINATION PROGRAM An Estimate of Its Impact and CostEffectiveness GAO/RCED-89-96 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, Economic Development and Division B-21 1447.3 July 6, 1989 The Honorable Jesse Helms The Honorable Pete Wilson United States Senate... |
| Date June 15, 1988 |
Report No. RCED-88-180FS |
Title
I’z;Ap0’/ /
United States General Accounting Office * iSA0 Fact Sheet for the Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, U.S. Senate ’ June 1988 CALIFORNIA DAIRY Production, Sales, and Product Disposition 136077 GAO/RCED-8848OFS J united states GA!0
General Accounting Oface Washington, D.C. 20548 Besonrces, Community, Economic Development and Division B-227742 June 15, 1988... |
| Date May 31, 1988 |
Report No. RCED-88-157 |
Title
May1988 DAIRYTERMINATION PROGRAM' k GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20648 Resources, Community, Economic Development and Division B-211447 May 3 1,1988 The Honorable JesseHelms The Honorable Pete Wilson United States Senate In responseto your December9,1986, request and subsequentdiscussions with your offices, we are presenting information on the Department of Agricult... |
| Date May 11, 1988 |
Report No. T-RCED-88-41 |
Title
UnitedStates GeneralAccountingOffice 135766 GAO - Testimony For Release on Delivery Expected at
1O:OO a.m. Options for Changing Marketing Orders EDT Milk Wednesday
MAY if, 1988 Statement of Brian P. Crowley, Senior Associate Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division Before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, and Forestry United States Senate Director Nutrition, 135766 Mr. Chairman a... |
| Date March 21, 1988 |
Report No. RCED-88-9 |
Title
March 1988 MILK MARKETING ORDERS Options for Change @+\bas/1353~7
GAO/RCED-8&9 , t Comptroller General of the United States B-227742 March 21, 1988 To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives This report discusses the federal milk marketing order program and its impact on dairy surpluses, as well as regional issues. This report also provides, for congressional co... |
| Date March 11, 1981 |
Report No. CED-81-82 |
Title
COWMV’NITY AND CEVELCPMENT ECONOMIC DIVISION S-202425 . The Honor able United States Dear Senator Subject: Jepsen:
114875 in Hourly Rate Charged by li-- ncrease Department of Agriculture for Resident Inspectors at Egg Processing Plants CED-81-82) 3 In response to your January 28, 1981, letter, we reviewed the Department of Agriculture’s justification for the 40-percent increase in hourly fees,... |
| Date Aug. 12, 1980 |
Report No. CED-80-88A |
Title
COMPl-ROLLER OLNLRAL WASHIN(ITON, OF THE ZW UNITED STATES D.C. B-199204 AUGUST 12,198O - The Honorable Alvin,,Baldus, Chairman The Honorable James M. Jeffords Ranking Minority Member Dairy and Poultry Subcommittee Committee on Agriculture House of Representatives
[~pwd~ *1 l s IU Al 113007
/ Subject: Evaluation ofnComments &deby+U;;;y--and Po~m-i-tee+-1 Cornm&&e&- on GAO's Report Entitled-"Alterna... |
| Date July 21, 1980 |
Report No. CED-80-88 |
Title
/c 0 /r=+- BY THE COMPTROLLEri GENERAL OF THE UNITEDSTATES , ((hoi. Report ToThe Congress
Alternatives To Reduce Dairy Surpluses The Government dairy price-support program is viewed by many as the major cause of dairy surpluses, which at times have been burdensome. This program is based on the concept of parity, a standard used to measure the degree to which farm prices are in line with what the C... |
| Date Dec. 8, 1976 |
Report No. ID-76-44 |
Title
DOCUMENT RESUME 00304 - A059063 4 ]
5 Dairy U.S. Import Restrictions: Alternatives to Present 54 pp. + 8, 1976 Programs. ID-76-44; B-114824. December appendices. Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. .staats, Comptroller General. Programs: U.S. Issue Area: International Economic and Military Balance of Trade (602). Contact: International Div. Affairs (150). Budget Function: Agriculture (350); Intern... |
| Date April 30, 1973 |
Report No. B-176943 |
Title
*.“ ‘, a COMPTROLLER GENERAL. WASHINGTON. OF D.C. THE UNITED STATES 20548 B-176943 c/ 4 I; The Honorable William R. Cotter House of Representatives Dear Mr. Cotter: Your December 18, 1972, letter expressed concern about the effect of the grain sale to Russia on U.S. A--cI^ Y..a2-- p@zesO Yolz asked I???-?!-; consumer -~~-;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-~~"~~.~~~~~~~,~~~ c L .&e**examine into certain e~-~~~~~~... |
| Date Sept. 24, 1969 |
Report No. 092687 |
Title
UNITED STA-KS GENERAL fW3mnm
WASHINGTON, B C 20548 OFFICE ClViL DIVISICN Dear Mr. Fnck Offrce has made a revrew of selected aspects Commodrty Credrt Corporatron (CCC), Department prrce-support program. The review was made In examlnatron of frnancral actrvrtres of CCC, Corporatron Control Act (31 U.S.C. 841), at Offrce. savrng prrce- The General Accounting of butter purchases by the of Agrrculture,... |
| Date April 22, 1969 |
Report No. 092709 |
Title
CIVIL DlViSION APR 2 2 f969
Dear Mr, Lennartson. The General Accounting OffIce has completed a survey of certain actlvltles relating to the admlnlstratlon,of the Delaware Valley Milk Marketing Order by the Consumer and Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, Our survey was primarily directed toward examlnlng Into the propriety of admlnistratlve expenditures and revlewlng the extent to which ... |
