HR 2294 · 100th Congress · Agriculture and Food
Wheat and Feed Grain Marketing Certificate Referendum Act of 1987
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Introduced2
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EnactedLatest: Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains.(1987-05-11)
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Wheat and Feed Grain Marketing Certificate Referendum Act of 1987 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949, effective for the 1988 through 1991 wheat and feed grain crops, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct biennial referendums among eligible wheat and feed grain producers to determine whether they favor or oppose a national marketing certificate program (program) as provided for in this Act. States that if a program is approved for the 1988 crop year, the Secretary shall compensate producers who planted a crop in excess of their program acreage prior to the proclamation of such program. Permits livestock and poultry producers to purchase Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) feed grain at cost if a program is in effect. Sets forth the specifics of the wheat and feed grain programs. Provides for farm loans and purchases equal to the crop acreage times the program yield. Sets forth minimum loan levels. Provides that marketing certificates shall be made available on the same amount of crop for which loans and purchases would be made available. Prohibits a producer from marketing, donating, or bartering wheat or feed grains domestically without such certificate, except for: (…
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