S 1219 · 96th Congress · Agriculture and Food

A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a price support program for high moisture corn and grain sorghums.

Introduced 1979-05-23· Sponsored by Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS]· Senate

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House
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.(1979-05-23)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949, effective only for the 1979 through 1981 crops of feed grains, to require the Secretary of Agriculture, whenever there is a loan program for corn and grain sorghums, to carry out a comparable loan program for high moisture corn and grain sorghums. Stipulates that, during any such loan program, suitable high moisture storage facilities for corn or grain sorghums shall include, but not be limited to, conventional or oxygen-limiting tower silos, or, in the case of acid-treated corn or grain sorghums, conventional tower or bunker silos.…

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