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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 July 22, 1986 Report No. GGD-86-69 Title

Tax Administration: Information Returns Should Increase Proper Reporting of Farm Income

. United States General Accounting Office GAO July 1986 Repok to the Joint Committee on Taxation Congress of the United States ” ’ TM ADMINISTRATION Information Returns Should Increase Proper Reporting of Fm Income GAO,‘GGD-86-69 . --- + , GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20648 General Government Division B-221406 July 22, 1986 The Honorable Bob Packwood Chairman,...
Date May 29, 1986 Report No. RCED-86-118 Title

Farm Payments and Loans: Consistency Needed in USDA Crop Yield Estimates

United States’ Gene&l Accounting Office! Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture, Committee on Agriculture House of Representatives May 19% - m- 1 AND LOANS FARM PAYMENTS Consistency Needed in USDA Crop Yield Estimates 130234 I 03M28 GAO/&ED-W-l 18 . united states GAO General Accounting OfPice Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, E...
Date May 16, 1986 Report No. RCED-86-148BR Title

Agriculture and Food: Debt Restructuring Activities During the 1984-85 Farm Credit Crisis

b lJnit.etl States Getwral GAO ~wounting Wfit*tb r3OL Briefing Report to Congressional Requesters May 1986 FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION Debt Restructuring Activities During the 1984-85 Farm Credit Crisis 3y GA$/RCED-86-148BR 33 I .’ ,. 1 UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING D.C. 20548 OFFICE WASHINGTON, May 16, RESOURCES. COMMUNITY. AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION 1986 B-222815 The Honorable Cooper...
Date March 18, 1986 Report No. RCED-86-126BR Title

Farm Finance: Farm Debt, Government Payments, and Options To Relieve Financial Stress

United GA!!6 States General Accounti~@ OffIce 34-u-5 Briefing Report to the Honorable Bill Bradley United States Senate i March 1986 FARM.FINANCE Farm Debt, Government Payments, and Options to Relieve Financial Stress , GAO,‘RCED-8&126BR 1 UNITED STATES GENERAL*ACCOUNTING D.C. 20548 OFFICE WASHINGTON, RESOURCES. COMMUNITY, 1ND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMEN DIVISION March B-220507 The Honorable United Stat...
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 Jan. 2, 1986 Report No. RCED-86-57BR Title

Farmers Home Administration: An Overview of Farmer Program Debt, Delinquencies, and Loan Losses

United States General Accounting OfEce s=a ’ GAO January 1986 Briefing Report To The Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States Senate ’ FAl3MEXSHOM% ADMINISTEZATION An Overview of Farmer Program Debt, Delinquencik, and Loan Losses Ill Ill lllllllll 128977 GAO/RCED-8647BR 53UlS7 c . UNITED STATES GENERAL WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTING D.C. 20648 OFFICE RESOURCES, COMMUN...
Date Jan. 2, 1986 Report No. RCED-86-62BR Title

Farmers Home Administration: Financial and General Characteristics of Farmer Loan Program Borrowers

0 . I I United States Gene& Accounting Ol!Pice 7&@ Briefing Report To The Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States Senate 4 ammy FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION Financial and General Characteristics of Farmer Loan Program Borrowers 11 IllI Ill1 IIIll ll II 128976 RELEASED ;AO,‘RCED-86-62BR 534zxb UNITED STATES GENERAL WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTtNG D.C. 2OS48 OFFtCE RESOURC...
Date Dec. 23, 1985 Report No. GGD-86-35BR Title

Farm Credit System: GAO's Analysis of the Farm Credit System's Third Quarter Financial Condition

United States Gknerak Accounting Office Iacb3CZSCiS ‘* GAO December 1985 Briefing Report to Various Members of Congress * FARM CREDIT SYSTEM GAO’S Analysis of the System5Third Quarter Financial Condition GAO,‘GGD-86-35BR UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20540 OOHKRAL GOVERNMENT DLVISION December 23, 1985 B-220507 To Various Members of Congress In response to Members o...
Date Oct. 18, 1985 Report No. GGD-86-5 Title

Financial Institutions: Farm Credit Administration's Liquidation of Production Credit Associations

+ REPORT THEU.S. BY General Accounting Office Farm Credit Administration’s Liquidation Production Credit Associations Eight Members of Congress asked GAO to review the liquidation of insolvent borrower-owned cooperatives within the Farm Credit System that provide short- and intermediate-term credit to farmers and ranchers. In examining four associations during 1983 and 1984, GAO found that --the...
Date Oct. 10, 1985 Report No. RCED-86-9 Title

Agriculture and Food: Financial Condition of American Agriculture

* BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES Financial Condition Agriculture Qf American 128115 GAO/WED-86-09 OCTOBER 10,1985 Request for copies of GAO reports should be sent to: U.S. General Accounting Office Document Handling and Information Services Facility P.O. Box 6015 Gaithersburg, Md. 20877 Telephone (202) 2756241 The first five copies of individual reports are c...
Date Oct. 4, 1985 Report No. GGD-86-13BR Title

Financial Institutions: Preliminary Analysis of the Financial Condition of the Farm Credit System

General Accounting Office Preliminary Analysis Of The Financial Condition Of The Farm Ciedit System i l GAOIGGD-88-13 BR OCTOBER 4,1986 ’ UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20S48 B-220507 To Various Members of Congress from Members of Congress respective offices we are condition of the Farm well as a projecticn of might be under two sets of In response to numerous requests ...
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 Sept. 18, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-167 Title

Agriculture and Food: Losses in the Department of Agriculture's Tobacco Program

B’Y’ THE U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum United States Senate Losses In The Department Of Agriculture’s Tobacco Program The Department of Agriculture (USDA) stands to lose money on foans made to support 1976-198t flue-cured tobacco--the primary U.S. tobacco. On October 26,1984, USDA offered substantial discounts on this tobacco. If all of the tobacc...
Date Sept. 18, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-132 Title

Agriculture and Food: Overview of the Dairy Surplus Issue--Policy Options for Congressional Consideration

, BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITEDSTATES 1 L rt7Y3-l Report ToThe Congress Overview Of The Dairy Surplus Issue--Policy Options For Congressional Consideration The main objective of federal dairy policies and programs is to assurean adequate supply of milk. A principal program--the pricesupport program--requires the government to purchase, at designated prices, any quantity of butter, chees...
Date Aug. 29, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-60 Title

Agriculture and Food: The Department of Agriculture's 1983 Payment-in-Kind Program--A Review of Its Costs, Benefits, and Key Program Provisions

Report To The Honorable George E. Brown, Jr., And The Honorable Pat Roberts The Department Of Agriculture’s 1983 Payment-In-Kind Program--A Review Of its Costs, Benefits, And Key Program Provisions The Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) 1983 Payment-in-Kind (PIK) program paid producers of five commodities a portion of the crops they otherwise would have grown In exchange for removing cropl...
Date Aug. 19, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-107 Title

Agriculture and Food: Federal Price Support for Honey Should Be Phased Out

1 I , . w BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report To The Congress OF THEUNITED STATES Federal Price Support Fbr Honey Should Be Phased Out The mandatory honey price-support program, which is currently set at the lowest support level allowable by law, has become costly to the government--about $164 million for the 1980-83 period. Only 1 percent of the nation’s beekeepers participate in the program. Since...
Date July 29, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-126 Title

Agriculture and Food: Effects and Administration of the 1984 Milk Diversion Program

. /a7sM s\m BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress ~ OF THEUNITEDSTATES Effects And Administration Diversion Program Of The 1984 Milk The Department of Agriculture’s purchases of surplus dairy products increased from about $247 million in fiscal year 1979 to about $2.7 billion in fiscal year 1983. To help reduce the dairy surplus and government costs, the Congress in November 1983 auth...
Date July 26, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-155 Title

Agriculture and Food: Information on the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation's 1986 Standard Reinsurance Agreement

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OFFICE July 26, 1985 RESOURCES, COMMUNITY. AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION B-209866 The Honorable Ed Jones Subcommittee on Conservation, Chairman, Credit, and Rural Development Committee on Agriculture House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Information on the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation's 1986 Standard Reinsurance Agreement (GAO...
Date March 11, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-62 Title

Agriculture and Food: Information on the Department of Agriculture's Commodity Exchange Contracts for the 1983 Payment-In-Kind Program

Eh’THE U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee Government Information, Justice, And Agriculture, Committee On Government House Of Representatives On Operations Information On The Department Of Agriculture’s Commodity Exchange Contracts For The 1983 Payment-In-Kind Program The Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) 1983 Payment-in-Kind (PIK) program paid producers of fi...
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 Aug. 17, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-175 Title

Agriculture and Food: Evaluation of the Quality of Corn Stored by USDA at a Plainview, TX, Grain Warehouse

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ((ESLIURCES C’JMMUNITY A~~J E;ONOMIC CJEVEL~PMENT DIVISION AUGUST 17, 1984 b-215752 The Honorable E (Klka) de la Garza Chairman, Commlttee on Agriculture House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Evaluation of the Quality of Corn Stored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture at a Plalnview, Texas, Grain Warehouse (GAO/HCED-84-175) S...
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 July 13, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-169 Title

Agriculture and Food: The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation's Efforts To Provide Monthly Reports to the Senate Committee on Appropriations

REPORT THEU.S. BY General Accounting Office The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation’s Efforts To Provide Monthly Reports To The Senate Committee On Appropriations The Department of Agrrculture’s Federal Crop Insurance Corporatron (FCIC) IS responstble for developing an Insurance program to help protect farmers against frnanclal ruin brought about by natural disaster In 1982 the Senate Committee...
Date April 25, 1984 Report No. 123992 Title

Agriculture and Food: General Accounting Office Reviews of Domestic Food Assistance Programs

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 10:00 a.m. EST Wednesday, April 25, 1984 STATEMENT OF BRIAN P. CROWLEY SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR RESOURCES, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTDIVISION BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY ON GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE REVIEWS OF DOMESTIC FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS Mr. Cha...
Date March 26, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-145 Title

Housing: Income Analysis of Farmers Home Administration Subsidized Rural Homebuyers in 1983

UNITED STATES GENERAL WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTING D.C. 20548 OFFICE *ND RESOURCES. coMMUN1TV. ECONOMIC DEVELOWWNf DtVlStON ~-214747 The Honorable Jake Garn Chairman, Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs United States Senate 123778 Dear. Mr. Chairman: Subject: Income Analysis of Farmers Home Administration Subsidized Rural Homebuyers-(GAO/RCED-84-145) In accordance with your March 16, 1984, r...
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 Jan. 17, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-88 Title

Agriculture and Food: Feasibility of Providing the Armed Services With Additional Surplus Dairy Commodities Owned by USDA

UNITED STATES GENERAL WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTING D.C. 2054p OFFICE JANUARY 17, 1984 RE50uRCCS COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION B-212726 The Honorable Joseph G. Minish House of Representatives Dear Mr. Minish: Subject: 8-hLLr Feasibility of Providing the Armed Services With Additional Surplus Dairy Commodities Owned by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (GAO/RCED-84-88) In Lesponse to your O...
Date Dec. 20, 1983 Report No. RCED-84-72 Title

Agriculture and Food: Government-Owned Surplus Dairy Products Held in Inventory

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING D.C. 20548 OFFICE WASHINGTON. DECEMBER 20, 1983 B-211447 _ I. L* ./ . I b.. _” ,,; . , ,_‘ -“;’ B...* , I The Honorable Dennis Eckart The Honorable Marcy Kaptur The Honorable Mary Rose Oakar The Honorable James L. Oberstar House of Representatives Subject: "' "# *' ..,. ;i I Cal RELEASED %-1. :/Government-Owned Surplus Dairy Products ,:,,,Held in Inventory ...
Date Dec. 2, 1983 Report No. RCED-84-71 Title

Agriculture and Food: Analysis of Certain Aspects of a Corn Shipment to South Texas To Meet Obligations to Producers Under the Payment-In-Kind Program

,’ ! . . ,, _L ,. , ,‘ ) 1 ., . , f . J ri ,f I I% Tc:;‘ m .>W?j! UNITED STATES GENERAL WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTING D.C. 20548 OFFICE RELEASED 'z3034 RELEASED B-213707 DECEMBER 2, 1983 The Honorable E (Kika) de la Garza Chairman, Committee on Agriculture House of Representatives Dear M r. Chairman: Subject: 11111 Ill lllll 123039 Analysis of Certain Aspects of a Corn Shipment to South Texas To Me...
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 July 18, 1983 Report No. RCED-83-159 Title

Agriculture and Food: Followup on Actions Needed To Protect Depositors at Federally Examined Grain Warehouses

REPORT THEU.S. RELEASED"' BY General Accounting Office Followup On Actions Needed To Protect Dep’ositors At Federally Examined Grain Warehouses The Department of Agriculture administers the Federal licensing and examination program for agriculture commodity warehouses. The program is intended to ensure that producers have safe storage facilities. In a June 1981 report GAO made several recommenda...
Date March 29, 1983 Report No. RCED-83-50 Title

Agriculture and Food: Changes Are Needed To Assure Accurate and Valid Wheat Deficiency Payments

JZD / I/ ’ ii? THECOMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THEUNITED STATES Changes Are Needed To Assure Accurate ,And Valid Wheat Deficiency Payments The Department of Agriculture has paid wheat farmers millions of dollars to supplement their income because of low market prices. GAO found’ that some information and procedures used by the Department could cause overpayments or underpayments to farmers. GAO reco...
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 April 23, 1982 Report No. CED-82-70 Title

Agriculture and Food: Tobacco Program's Production Rights and Effects on Competition

REPORT BY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITED STATES Tobacco Program’s Production And Effects On Competition The Department of Agriculture’s tobacco program, through its acreage allotment, marketing quota, and price-support provisions, is affecting the competitiveness of the U.S. tobacco industry in world and domestic markets and the income of those farmers who grow tobacco. GAO found that 6...
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 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 July 9, 1981 Report No. CED-81-83 Title

Agriculture and Food: More Can Be Done To Improve the Department of Agriculture's Commodity Donation Program

.' REPORT BY THE I c o= * Comptroller General OF THE UNITED STATES More Can Be Done To Improve The Department Of Agriculture’s Commodity Donation Program Better management of the Department of Agriculture’s $1 billion commodity donation program is needed. Schools, programs to feed the elderly and the needy, and other recipients often receive the wrong quantities and kinds of food, Also, food i...
Date July 2, 1981 Report No. CED-81-129 Title

Agriculture and Food: Analysis of Certain Aspects of the California-Arizona Navel Orange Marketing Order

Marketing of California-Arizona navel oranges is controlled by a Federal marketing order initiated by an industry committe& andapproved and administered by the Department of .Agriculture. Of the 1980-81 record-breaking crop, about 57 percent is expected to reach the f&&h domestic mark&. The rery.ginder will be Ixported or processed into juace or cattle f&d. Among other things, GAO found that: --Th...
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 19, 1981 Report No. CED-81-112 Title

Agriculture and Food: More Can Be Done To Protect Depositors at Federally Examined Grain Warehouses

General Accounting Office More Can Be Done To .Protect Depositors At Federally Examined Grain Warehouses About 2 percent of the Nation’s 10,000 grain warehouses went bankrupt from 1974 toearly 1981. On the basis of self-developed criteria applied to financial data on a random sample of warehouses examined by the Federal Government, GAO believes that a number of grain warehouses are in an unsound...
Date March 26, 1981 Report No. CED-81-86 Title

Agriculture and Food: Pension Fund Investment in Agricultural Land

. d I ’ ’ REPORT THEUS. BY General Accounting Office Pension Fund Investment In Agricultural Land Federal, State, and local laws and regulations limit the types of investments pension funds can make. Although comprehensive data is lacking, GAO found that a substantial portion of the $623 billion of 1979 pension funds is limited to certain types of investments. Federal laws alone limit about $9...
Date Jan. 21, 1981 Report No. CED-81-43 Title

Agriculture and Food: Summary of GAO Reports Issued Since 1977 Pertaining to Farm Bill Legislation

P K, I REPORT BY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES Summary Of GAO Reports Issued Since 1977 Pertaining To Farm BillLegislation GAO has issued over 100 reports pertaining to programs authorized by the Farm Bill since it was renewed in 1977. The reports are organized according to the title and section of the 1977 act, An additional section discusses ongoing GAO work related to Farm Bill is...
Date Dec. 19, 1980 Report No. ID-81-6 Title

Agriculture and Food: Competition Among Suppliers in the P.L. 480 Concessional Food Sales Program

t t ~‘Y’THECOMPTROLLER GENERAL m/ I IIYlsf Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Limitations 3f Contracted And Delegated Authority, Senate Committee On The Judiciary OF THE UNITED STATES RELEASED Competition Among Suppliers In The P.L.480 Concessional Food Sales Program Smce fiscal year 1969, seven major gram firms have supplied most of the gram sold under the federally financed P L 480 prog...
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...