AGRICULTURE see also Food

Addresses

Administration Support for the Armstrong Sodbuster Bill, Richard D. Siegel, 3795 [3MR]

Agriculture Day, President Reagan, 7536 [5AP]

American Food Industry, Robert M. Schaeberle, 11141 [4MY]

Crisis in Agriculture: Representative Skelton, 31863 [9NO]

Deficits Matter, Senator Chiles, 21124 [27JY]

State of the Union Message, President Reagan (excerpt), 1560 [3FE]

User Involvement in Decisionmaking Process for Dissemination of Agricultural Information: Bob Weber, 34863 [18NO]

World Food Day Observance: M. Peter McPherson, 28511 [19OC]

———Sec. of Agriculture Block, 28511 [19OC]

Amendments

Agricultural Act: amend (H.R. 3392), 19059 [13JY]

Agricultural commodities: expand markets for exports (S. 822), 7232 [24MR]

Agricultural price supports: establish (S. 1529), 26899 [3OC]

Commodities: payment-in-kind program (H.R. 1296), 4341, 4344 [8MR]

Commodity programs: expand authority for use abroad (S. 822), 12138 [16MY]

Credit assistance: provide farmers (H.R. 1190), 10767, 10769, 10770, 10774, 10776, 10778, 10784, 10785 [3MY]

Critical Agricultural Materials Act: enact (H.R. 2733), 21159 [27JY], 21369 [28JY], 21631 [29JY], 26898 [3OC]

Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act: enact (S. 1529), 27240, 27257 [5OC], 27465, 27482, 27488-27491, 27500, 27502, 27503-27514, 27565-27568 [6OC], 27775, 27777, 27780, 27784, 27786-27792, 27851-27853 [7OC]

Dairy price supports: stabilize (S. 1529), 21369 [28JY]

———temporarily suspend (S.J. Res. 149), 23029, 23101 [4AU]

Dairy Product Stabilization Act: enact (S. 1529), 23027 [4AU]

Dairy Production Stabilization Act: enact (H.R. 4196), 31741, 31748, 31750, 31753, 31761, 31782 [9NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3223), 17919-17922, 17924, 17933, 17937, 17940, 17941, 17943, 17946, 17950, 17953, 17957, 18035 [29JN]

Emergency Agricultural Credit Act: enact (H.R. 1190), 8773 [18AP], 9289 [20AP], 9620 [25AP], 9691 [26AP], 9835, 9842 [27AP], 10482 [28AP], 10767, 10769, 10770, 10774, 10776, 10778, 10784, 10785 [3MY]

Emergency Food Assistance and Commodity Distribution Act: enact (H.R. 1590), 15154 [9JN], 15841 [15JN], 16025, 16026, 16029, 16031, 16032 [16JN]

Farmers: credit assistance (S. 24), 26899 [3OC]

——— emergency credit assistance (H.R. 1190), 8557 [14AP], 10767, 10769, 10770, 10774, 10776, 10778, 10784, 10785 [3MY]

——— emergency credit (S. 24), 12137 [12MY]

Guayule rubber program: extend and improve (H.R. 2733), 20006 [20JY]

Highly Erodible Land Conservation Act: enact (S. 663), 34403, 34578 [18NO]

International Coffee Agreement Act: amend (H.R. 3813), 26601 [30SE]

Payment-in-Kind Tax Treatment Act: enact (H.R. 1296), 4633 [9MR]

Surplus agricultural commodities: distribution (H.R. 1590), 15154 [9JN], 15841 [15JN], 16025, 16026, 16029, 16031, 16032 [16JN]

Target Prices and Wheat Program Act: enact, 25553 [23SE]

Tobacco: freeze price support levels (H.R. 3392), 18943 [13JY], 19158 [14JY], 19328 [14JY]

Vocational education: funding, 23847, 23851, 23855, 23861, 23875, 23881 [13SE]

Analyses

Food Safety Modernization Act, 27917-27919 [7OC]

H.R. 1590, Emergency Food Assistance and Commodity Distribution Act, 2830 [23FE]

H.R. 2023, Domestic Commodity Distribution and Food Assistance Act, 4641 [9MR]

H.R. 3006, Omnibus Marketing User Fee Act, 12279 [12MY]

H.R. 3190, Extra-Long Staple Cotton Act, 23103-23105 [4AU]

H.R. 3867, Imposition of Trust on the Commodities and Sales Proceeds of Perishable Agricultural Commodities, 23923 [13SE]

Proposed Changes in EEC Agricultural Policy: Dept. of Agriculture, 33494 [17NO]

S. 17, Domestic Commodity Distribution and Food Assistance Act, 5293 [15MR]

S. 251, Agricultural Export Equity Act, 1029-1030 [27JA]

S. 663, Highly Erodible Land Conservation Act, 34406, 34407 [18NO]

S. 684, Authorize Water Resources Research, 3838 [3MR]

S. 1045, Dairy Production Act, 10091 [27AP]

S. 1193, Treat Certain Heating of Phosphate Rock as Mining, 10717-10719 [3MY]

S. 1209, Child Nutrition Program Proposals, 10994 [4MY]

S. 1529, Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act, 27471 [6OC]

S. 1938, Food Safety Modernization Act, 27552-27555 [6OC]

S. 2005, Agricultural Export Trade Equity Act, 29357 [26OC]

S. 2052, Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act amendment, 31037 [4NO]

S. 2057, Consolidated Agricultural Adjustment Loan Act, 31044 [4NO]

Announcements

1984 Wheat Program, DEpt. of Agriculture, 27805 [7OC]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 3223, making appropriations for agriculture, rural development, and related agencies programs, 29407 [26OC]

———H.R. 4196, Dairy Production Stabilization Act, 31787 [9NO]

Articles and editorials

Action Line, 18827 [12JY]

Again, the Fear of Foreclosure, 1319 [1FE]

Agribusiness Windfall—Conglomerates To Reap Millions From PIK, 21515 [28JY]

Alabama Dairyman Receives Honorary Doctor of Science, 28501 [19OC]

Allen—World's Largest Private Canner and Growing, 3454-3456 [1MR]

America's Real Farm Problem—It Can Be Solved, 10367 [28AP]

Audit Says Farmers Home Administration Is Too Lenient, Borrowers Say It's Too Harsh, 9769 [26AP], 10502 [28AP]

Belle Fourche Irrigation—Living Econometric Model!, 1704 [3FE]

Blight Upon the Farmland, 34411 [18NO]

Block Proposes an Extension of Wheat Payment Program, 16759 [22JN]

Burlington Northern Chooses To Stay With the ``Black Hats'', 2082 [10FE]

But Will It Work?, 7449 [24MR]

Buy American Mission Shops in Nebraska, 34955 [14DE]

By Hawking Our Grain We Gamble Our Future, 25710 [26SE], 26533 [29SE], 27735 [6OC]

Can Don Lennox Save Harvester?, 26630-26632 [30SE]

Cavalier Politics Gets in Way of Drouth Relief, 30390 [2NO]

Chinese Group To Visit State on Grain-Buying Mission, 34956 [14DE]

Commercial Food Irradiation, 34173 [18NO]

Conglomerates To Reap Millions From PIK, 23447 [4AU]

Congress at a Cattle Crossing, 27471 [6OC]

Conservation Tillage Catching On, 20511 [22JY]

Court Order Halts Commandeering of Cotton, 19563 [18JY]

Coyote-1080 Conspiracy—An Aborted Attempt To Drive Livestock Off Federal Land, 10642 [2MY]

Critical Agricultural Materials Act (H.R. 2733) (sundry), 21123 [27JY], 21810-21816, 21820 [1AU]

Crop Research Faces Cutbacks for Being Too Successful, 6678 [22MR]

Cycle Times of Information, 28771-28773 [20OC]

Dan Harlan—Always a Helping Hand, 26400 [29SE]

Dept. of Agriculture Appropriations (H.R. 3223) (sundry), 17951, 17954 [29JN]

Economics of Erosion—How Farm Policy Destroys the Range, 2339 [16FE]

Endowment Gets Rolling on Conservation Projects, 21030 [26JY]

EPA Faults a Laboratory Involves Chemicals Now on Market, 12161 [12MY]

EPA Turns Up Safety Questions in Pesticide Probe, 12161 [12MY]

Ethylene Dibromide—OSHA Wants to Tighten Grip on Risky Chemical, 26826 [30SE]

Europeans Will Lose if the EEC Wins Its Farm Trade War Against America, 6240 [21MR]

Faking It—The Case Against Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories, 22801-22805 [4AU]

Farm Unions in Salvador Facing Battle To Preserve Land Program, 24605 [19SE]

Farmer's Cotton Gets Attention, 28671 [20OC]

Farmers Need the I.M.F., 31913 [10NO]

Farmers Shouldn't Have To Compete With Foreign Subsidies, Senator Biden, 22182 [2AU]

Feeding Everybody—How Federal Food Programs Grew and Grew, 28881-28886 [21OC]

Fertilizer Phenomenon, 19097 [13JY]

Fighting for Free Trade, 9229 [20AP]

FmHA Loan Policies Questioned, 9845 [27AP]

Food Bank Planned for Litchfield Area, 16726 [21JN]

Food for the Table, Not the Warehouse, 21545 [28JY]

Food Irradiation, 18828 [12JY]

Food Irradiation—FDA Approval Will Signal a Technological Revolution, 34175 [18NO]

Food News From Penn State, 18827 [12JY]

Forgotten Farmers, 7631 [6AP]

Forming a Shipper Association May Save Local Rail Service, 10802 [3MY]

Fresno Farm Experience Guides Ag Board Chief, 18272 [29JN]

Garrison Project Change Needed, 2096 [10FE]

Good Grain Deal, 22374 [2AU]

GSA Plans Giveaway of Federal Properties, 9498 [21AP]

Heroes, Not Villains, 34034 [18NO]

High-Energy Food Fight, 7483 [24MR]

Honey Imports Produce Sticky Situation for Beekeepers and Government, 14627 [6JN]

How an Expert Farmer Adds to the Problem, 18843 [12JY]

How PIK Is Poisoning Farm Policy (excerpt), 22315 [2AU]

IBT Approved Pesticides, 22805 [4AU]

In Farm Belt, Fear of Foreclosure Rises, 1318 [1FE]

Indexing the Income Tax, 16937 [22JN]

Indian Farm Enterprise, 24942 [20SE]

Investigation Sought of Possible ``Political Favoritism'' in Drouth Aid, 30391 [2NO]

Irradiated Food Topic of ACSH Report, 18827 [12JY]

Irradiation New Tool in Preservation, 18826 [12JY]

Irradiation Revives, 18827 [12JY]

Japan and the U.S.—Trading Shots Over Beef and Oranges, 29462 [26OC]

Japanese Americans' Agricultural Cooperative Proves Immigrants' Success, 3200 [28FE]

Japanese Import Quotas (excerpt), 1561 [3FE]

Japan's Gain, Our Loss, 5986 [17MR]

Let's Sign That Grain Agreement, 13906 [25MY]

Lost Exports—Long U.S. Dominance in World Grain Trade Is Diminishing, 13517 [24MY]

Lower Approval Rate for Drouth Aid Found in Democratic States, 30391 [2NO]

Many Object to Milk Tax, 2314 [16FE]

Mexican Agriculture Crisis Within Crisis, 7862 [7AP]

Missourian, Kansan Among FFA Officers, 33902 [17NO]

Mitigation Plans Divide Home Folks Too, 2096 [10FE]

More Aid for Farms, 1325 [1FE]

More Bang for the Bushel, 9629 [25AP]

Muddled Milk Levy, 3698 [2MR]

Mushroom Growers Losing to Cheap Imports, 5844 [16MR]

National Objectives for Agricultural Policy, 9085 [19AP]

Nebraska Grain Is on Taiwan Shopping List, 34956 [14DE]

Not by Cheese Alone, 32220 [10NO]

Nutrition Funds Are Put to Use, 13662 [24MY]

On the Price of Corn (1770), 14813 [8JN]

Only One Recommended Herbicide To Use in Killing PIK Wheat, 16874 [22JN]

OSHA Action Was Prompt, Responsible, 25810 [26SE]

Outgoing Ag Official Looks Back on Career, 3204 [28FE]

Overseas Ag Consulting Grows Despite Weak World Economy, 25673 [23SE]

Pigs in the Parlor, Mr. Secretary, 6707 [22MR]

PIK Delivery Fouled Up by Reagan People, 31072 [4NO]

PIK Program To Reduce Wheat Surplus Yields Another Product—Wheat Need, 15090 [8JN]

Plowout Poor, 34411 [18NO]

Political Harvest, 30173 [31OC]

Poor Farmers—The Key to Growth in the Third World, 7913 [11AP]

Poorer, Hungrier, 8231 [12AP]

Productivity Not Enough for Farmers, 7449 [24MR]

Quality of Grain Coming to Market Is Being Questioned—Farmers, Others Say Surplus Deteriorated in Storage, Humid Weather is Cited, 29066 [24OC]

Rays of Hope, 18827 [12JY]

Reagan and Grain, 14141 [26MY]

Reflections of a Century of Service, 2731 [23FE]

Sam Sebastiani—Changing the Way a Winery Works, 17870 [28JN]

Sandia Pueblo Plans To Enter Produce Business, 24942 [20SE]

Scientists Praise Irradiated Foods, 18827 [12JY]

Sixty Percent of U.S. Farmers Polled Would Cut Milk Production, 3452 [1MR]

Sodbusting in Montana—1980's Dust Bowl?, 27967-27970 [17OC]

Solicitation for Auctioneer Services, 26781 [30SE]

South Dakota's Final Plan, 1753-1754 [3FE]

Soviet Union Boosts Imports of Latin Goods, 13906 [25MY]

State Firms, Taiwan Plan $19 Million Trade Deal, 34961 [14DE]

Stop Subsidizing Sodbusting, 19380 [14JY]

Strength of Dollar Lowers Ag Exports, 26693 [30SE]

Taiwan, State Growers Sign Trade Pact, 34961 [14DE]

Taiwan Buys $34 Million of Local Grain, 34956 [14DE]

Taiwan Buys $36.3 Million in Iowa Corn, Beans, 34903 [18NO]

Taiwan Delegation Shops in Madison, 34846 [18NO]

Taiwan To Buy $34.3 Million of Corn, Wheat, 34955 [14DE]

Taiwan Will Sign Contracts, 34771 [18NO]

Taiwanese Buy Lots of Grain, 34771 [18NO]

Taiwanese Plan on Buying Oklahoma Wheat (sundry), 34935 [18NO]

Taiwanese Sign Deals for Iowa Corn, Soybeans, 34955 [14DE]

Textiles Versus Grains, 22354 [2AU]

Tobacco, the Small Farmer's Savior, 18433 [11JY]

Top PIK Official Has Farm in Program, 21559 [28JY], 23448 [4AU]

Toward a More Rational East-West Trade Policy, 16409-16411 [20JN]

U.S. Hunger on Rise Despite Swelling of Food Surpluses, 19777 [21JY]

U.S. May Allow Use of Gamma Rays To Help Keep Food Fresh, 34177 [18NO]

U.S. Trade Relations With Japan, 1560 [3FE]

What PIK Participants Need To Know About Appealing ASCS Committee Decisions, 18664 [12JY]

Will Farm Programs Be Gutted?, 27756 [6OC]

Wishing Won't Make It So, 1205 [31JA]

Your Fertilizer Association—A Century of Progress, 15292 [9JN]

Bills and resolutions

Acid deposition: control (see S. 2001; H.R. 132)

———grants to States to restore water quality (see H.R. 3904)

———reduce (see H.R. 3400)

———treaty with Canada to control (see H. Con. Res. 135)

Acidic deposition: report levels (see S. 877)

———study causes and effects (see S. 454; H.R. 1405)

Acreage adjustment program (see H.R. 2765)

Acreage base and program yield system: establish (see H.R. 4565)

Acreage reduction program (see S. 1687, 2179; H.R. 3182, 3385, 3457)

Acreage reduction programs (see S. 682, 690, 843, 998, 1053; H.R. 691, 2634, 2928)

———clarify rules of compliance (see H.R. 4323)

Agricultural Act (see H.R. 1440, 1875, 2958, 3392)

Agricultural Adjustment Act (see H.R. 4073)

Agricultural and horticultural organizations (see H.R. 820)

Agricultural and horticultural structures (see H.R. 815)

Agricultural commodities: expand markets (see S. 822)

Agricultural communities: loans to establish (see H.R. 3410)

Agricultural enterprises: remove from eligibility for SBA disaster and business loan programs (see S. 1202)

Agricultural Export Equity Act (see H.R. 1677)

Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act (see H.R. 3171)

Agricultural prices: stabilize (see H.R. 1360)

Agricultural production deferral program (see S. 495, 527, 582; H.R. 1296, 1536, 1541)

Agricultural production deferral programs (see H.R. 1591)

Agricultural Productivity Act (see S. 1128)

Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee Act: enact (see S. 1643; H.R. 3746)

Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service: committee selection (see H.R. 3845)

Agricultural suppliers: economic solvency (see H.R. 455)

Agriculture and Food Act: payments in kind (see H.R. 4368)

Alabama Dept. of Agriculture and Industries: commend (see S. Res. 203)

Alcohol fuel: in-kind guarantees of grower agreements (see S. 1298; H.R. 3101)

———sale of grain for conversion (see S. 494)

Alcohol fuels: tax treatment (see S. 1931; H.R. 4105)

Animal quarantine laws (see S. 1918; H.R. 3830)

Animals (see H.R. 3007)

———humane care (see S. 1918; H.R. 3830)

Apple and pear juice: duty (see H.R. 2711)

Aquaculture (see H.R. 2676, 3255)

Arid Lands Renewable Agricultural Resources Corp.: establish (see H.R. 479)

Asparagus: duty (see H.R. 4255)

Assessment program (see H.R. 3292)

Bamboo shoots: duty-free treatment (see S. 1158)

Bankruptcy: agricultural commodities stored in warehouses (see H.R. 1753)

———amend laws regarding farm produce storage facilities (see S. 550; H.R. 1031)

———determination of interests in grain in storage facilities (see H.R. 4286)

———insure producers against loss of stored commodities (see H.R. 3049)

———reimbursement for warehouse losses (see S. 1726)

Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Md.: restrict disposal of property (see S. 423)

Biofuels: promote use (see S. 617)

Biological farming methods (see S. 1128)

Buyers of farm products (see H.R. 3296)

Canned corned beef: duty (see S. 1583; H.R. 2502)

Carob flour: duty (see S. 2156; H.R. 4321)

Carolinas Cotton Growers Association, Inc.: confer jurisdiction to determine damages (see S. 2067)

CCC: promote exchange of material produced abroad (see H.R. 2428)

Changing Economics of Agriculture—Challenge and Preparation for the 1980's: print copies (see S. Res. 150)

Changing Economics of Agriculture—Challenge and Preparation for the l980's: print copies (see S. Res. 150)

Citrus products: duty (see S. 1636; H.R. 3587, 4296)

Colorado River Basin (see H.R. 3903)

Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act: agricultural program (see S. 1842)

Commission on Modern Farm Animal Practices: establish (see H.R. 3170)

Commodities (see H.R. 398, 400, 922, 1221, 1287)

———barter for materials produced by foreign countries (see H. Con. Res. 56)

———develop markets (see S. 14, 36; H.R. 2185)

———exclude certain from U.S.-flag vessel requirement (see H.R. 1915)

———expand markets (see S. 822, 2005; H.R. 1787)

———export (see H.R. 2321, 2322)

———impress trust on sales (see S. 2052; H.R. 3867)

———improve distribution program (see S. 17; H.R. 1590, 2023)

———improve prices (see S. 18)

———promote exchange of materials produced abroad (see H.R. 2428)

———promote use of food irradiation as postharvest treatment (see H.R. 4544)

———relief from subsidized imports (see H.R. 1659)

———tax treatment of payment-in-kind payments (see S. 446, 495, 527, 582, 690; S. Res. 45; H.R. 1536)

Commodities received as payments in kind: nonrecourse loans (see H.R. 3450)

Commodity Credit Corp. (see S. 822, 2005; H.R. 1886, 3255)

Commodity distribution program (see S. 17)

Commodity distribution programs (see H.R. 1299, 1300, 1365, 1395, 1407)

Commodity donation programs: improve (see S. 490)

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (see S. 1272)

Conservation plans: implement (see H.R. 568)

Conservation tillage practices (see H.R. 2223)

Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (see H.R. 589, 2339)

———amend (see H.R. 2092)

Consumer credit (see H.R. 1800)

Cooperatives (see H.R. 2988)

Corn (see H.R. 3102, 4122, 4123)

Cotton (see S. 1259, 1439, 1548, 2085; S. Con. Res. 63; H.R. 2958, 3102, 3190, 3385, 4122, 4123)

Cotton dust (see H.R. 841)

Cotton Statistics and Estimates Act: amend (see S. 2085)

County committees (see S. 1643; H.R. 3746)

Credit (see S. 24, 99, 130)

———establish task force on (see S. Res. 287)

Crop insurance program (see H.R. 4113, 4284)

Dairy indemnity program: disapprove deferral of budget authority (see S. Res. 18; H. Res. 47)

Dairy products (see S. 251, 658, 822, 1045, 1449, 1529, 2005; H.R. 22, 23, 135, 696, 716, 1604, 1822, 1875, 2253, 2812, 2822, 3292, 4196; H.J. Res. 426)

———price support (see S. 491, 498, 1712, 1929; H.R. 4171, 4258)

Dairy Surplus Reduction Act (see S. 510)

Disaster areas: emergency feed assistance (see S. 1895)

Disaster emergency loan program: base on single enterprise production loss (see S. 2064)

Disaster loans (see S. 628)

Disasters: emergency loans (see H.R. 4177)

Distillers of spirits for fuel use: disclose names (see H.R. 2176)

Domestic International Sales Corporations (see H.R. 2646)

Drought Relief Act: enact (see S. 1949)

Economic stabilization (see S. 1258; H.R. 2678)

EEC: agricultural policy (see S. Res. 233; H. Res. 322)

Egg Products Inspection Act (see S. 1681; H.R. 2691)

Eggs (see S. 1368; H.R. 3568)

———exports (see H.R. 2897)

Embargoes (see H.R. 1826; H.J. Res. 172; H. Con. Res. 174)

Emergency assistance (see S. 575; H.R. 1311)

Emergency credit assistance (see H.R. 1190, 1402)

Erosion prevention (see S. 663; H.R. 1077)

Estate tax (see S. Res. 126; H.R. 3124, 3154)

Exports (see S. 14, 18, 36, 77, 100, 251, 510, 822, 2005; H.R. 1171, 1221, 1677, 1891, 2185, 2428, 2550, 2678, 2949, 3161, 4122, 4123, 4570; H.J. Res. 171; H. Con. Res. 81)

———credit revolving fund (see S. 398; H.R. 2184)

———subsidize (see H.R. 222)

Extra-Long Staple Cotton Act: enact (see S. 1548)

Family farms (see H.R. 1562)

Farm income (see H.J. Res. 171)

Farm loan repayments (see H. Con. Res. 74)

Farm or other agricultural operation: warrant to enter (see S. 458)

Farm produce storage facilities: amend bankruptcy laws (see H.R. 1031)

———insure producers against loss of commodities in bankruptcy (see H.R. 3049)

Farm products: protect purchasers (see S. 2190)

Farm property (see S. 1773; H.R. 412, 1198, 2737, 3124, 3154)

Farm supply businesses: loans for certain (see S. 1813)

Farm trucks (see S. 1596; H.R. 964)

Farm vehicles (see H.R. 259)

Farmers (see S. 24, 99, 124, 130, 663; H.R. 136, 1077)

———aid for those affected by drought (see S. 1949, 1974, 2064; S. Res. 220; H.R. 3973, 4052, 4113)

———improve production (see H.R. 2714)

———interest rates for emergency loans due to drought (see S. 1974; H.R. 3973, 4052)

Farmers Home Administration (see H.R. 1024)

———deferral of payment on loans (see H.R. 1335)

———loan programs (see S. 2057)

———permit use of property by farmers (see H.R. 136)

———review loans (see S. 1639)

———water and waste disposal loan and grant programs (see S. 1789)

Farmland development rights (see H.R. 2119)

Farmland Protection Policy Act: amend (see S. 2004)

Farms: require warrants to enter (see H.R. 2229)

FCIC: insure producers against losses of stored commodities (see H.R. 4284)

Federal Crop Insurance Act (see S. 1376; H.R. 3049, 4113, 4284)

Federal Grain Storage Insurance Corp. (see S. 550)

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend (see S. 1263; S. 2785)

———authorize appropriations (see H.R. 2785)

Federal Land Policy and Management Act (see H.R. 2982)

Federal marketing agreements and orders (see S. 1259; H.R. 3006)

Federal Meat Inspection Act (see S. 593, 1681; H.R. 2691)

———amend (see H.R. 1795)

Federal policy: opinion survey (see H.R. 4023)

Federal Reserve Board: representation (see H.R. 2566, 2604)

Feed grains (see S. 682, 1439, 1687, 1865, 2179; H.R. 2765, 2958, 3564, 3914, 4069)

Filberts (see H.R. 2590)

Food: improve safety laws (see S. 1938; H.R. 4121)

Frozen Food Day (see S.J. Res. 193)

Ginger root (see S. 186; H.R. 2113)

Global 2000 Study: adopt recommendations (see H.J. Res. 248)

Grain (see H.R. 399, 1886)

Grain exports (see S. Res. 175)

Grain reserve: utilize (see H. Con. Res. 175)

Grain reserves (see H.R. 691)

Grain storage (see S. 841)

Grain storage buildings (see H.R. 2338)

Grain Storage Compensation Act (see S. 596)

Highway use tax: exempt farm trucks (see S. 1596)

Honey (see S. 1257; H.R. 3762)

———duty (see S. 526)

Imported tomatoes (see H.R. 3171)

Imports (see S. 116; H.R. 3581)

Indemnity claims (see S. 1376)

Inspection services (see H. Res. 175)

Interest from land sales (see H.R. 2339)

Investment credit (see H.R. 2338)

Irrigation equipment (see H.R. 397, 2982, 3759)

Japan: nontariff trade barriers relating to import of beef (see S. Res. 225; H. Res. 381)

Labor (see H.R. 894)

———tax withholding (see H.R. 2492)

Land conservation: payment-in-kind programs (see S. 36, 274, 495, 527, 582, 683, 690, 843, 998, 1053; H.R. 1536, 1541, 1591, 2634, 2928, 3457, 3906)

Livestock (see H.R. 3170, 3297)

Loan programs: consolidate (see S. 2057)

Loans (see S. 857; H.R. 922, 1024, 1562)

———guarantee or insurance authority (see S. 1317)

Market information reports (see H.R. 3006)

Market opportunities: increase (see H.R. 2678)

Marketing orders: implementation (see H. Con. Res. 117)

———sense of Senate (see S. Con. Res. 64)

Meat (see H.R. 404, 405)

Meat imports (see H.R. 1563)

Meatpacking industry (see H.R. 405)

Migrant workers (see H.R. 3270)

Milk (see S. 866, 1045, 1529; S.J. Res. 149; S. Res. 113; H.R. 22, 23, 88, 1704, 2134, 2253, 2264, 3178, 3643, 4084, 4128, 4196, 4391, 4441)

———price support (see S. 1929)

———reduce production and support price (see S. 509; H.R. 1528)

Milk protein products: limit imports (see S. 1047; H.R. 389, 684)

National Agriculture Day (see S.J. Res. 207; H.J. Res. 311)

National Animal Agriculture Week (see S.J. Res. 77; H.J. Res. 228)

National Aquaculture Act: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 2676)

National Corn Week (see S.J. Res. 126)

National defense stockpile: use of barter to acquire materials (see S. 1683, 1703; H.R. 3991)

National Garden Week (see S.J. Res. 143; H.J. Res. 196)

National Grain Board (see H.R. 374)

National Ice Cream Day (see S.J. Res. 117)

National Meat Week (see S. Res. 238)

National Wool Act (see H.R. 4079)

Nontariff trade barriers (see S. 116)

Opinion survey: conduct (see H.R. 4023)

Payment-in-kind program (see S. 1687, 1813, 2179; H.R. 3182, 3385, 3450, 3457, 3906)

Peaches and apples: relief for producers (see S. 1492; H.R. 3335)

Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (see S. 2052; H.R. 3867)

Pesticides (see H.R. 2961)

———protection from hazards (see S. 1774; H.R. 3818)

———standards for domestic producers (see H.R. 3254)

Phosphate rock (see S. 1193)

Plant quarantine laws (see S. 1918; H.R. 3830)

Plant variety program (see S. 1259; H.R. 3006)

Potatoes: equitable treatment for domestically produced (see S. 1836)

Poultry (see H.R. 3007, 3346)

———exports (see H.R. 2897)

Poultry exports (see H.R. 3161)

Poultry Products Inspection Act (see S. 593, 1681; H.R. 2691)

Price support program (see S. Res. 113; H.R. 1604)

Price supports (see S. 1179, 1258, 1449, 1529; H.R. 696, 1822, 1875, 1976, 2678, 2811, 2812, 3102, 3292)

Prices (see H.R. 3008)

Private foundations (see H.R. 2737)

Production (see S. 1258; H.R. 3008)

Production improvement (see H.R. 2714)

Prompt Payment Act (see H.R. 3346)

Quarantines (see S. 1918; H.R. 3830)

———authorize intrastate (see S. 1070)

Ranchers: aid for those affected by drought (see S. 1974; H.R. 4052)

Reconstruction Finance Corp.: establish (see H.R. 1480, 1827)

Research (see S. 1128)

Rice (see S. 682, 1439; H.R. 2958, 3102, 4122, 4123)

Rubber (see S. 1393; H.R. 2733)

Sales of farm products (see H.R. 3296)

School lunch program (see H.R. 1162)

Shelterbelt improvement program (see S. 1138)

Small Business Act: disaster loans (see S. 628)

Small Reclamation Projects Act: amend (see H.R. 4444)

Soil and water conservation: establish pilot program (see S. 2195)

———investment tax credit for expenditures (see S. 2180)

Soil and water conservation districts: reduced postage rates (see H.R. 3337)

Soil conservation (see S. 1138, 2148)

Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act: enact (see H.R. 3845)

Soil tilth center: establish (see S. 94)

Soviet Union: export restrictions on agricultural commodities and high technology (see H.R. 1260)

———negotiate long-term agricultural agreement (see S. Res. 95; H. Res. 145, 161)

———prohibit exportation of agricultural commodities (see H.J. Res. 349)

———prohibit exportation of grain (see H.J. Res. 352; H. Con. Res. 162)

———prohibit suspension of grain shipments (see H.J. Res. 361)

Soybean acreage diversion (see H.R. 1541)

Soybeans (see H.R. 1592, 1825, 2958)

Special Cropland Conservation Act (see S. 998)

Storage facilities: financial information (see H.R. 4285)

Strategic Materials Collateral Corporation Charter Act: enact (see H.R. 4109)

Sugar: eliminate import quotas (see H.R. 3727)

Surplus food: release to needy (see H. Con. Res. 141)

Surplus property: permit State and county extension services to obtain (see H.R. 114)

Surplus real property: disposal (see H.R. 993)

———right of refusal to previous owners (see H.R. 2277)

Task Force on Agricultural Credit: establish (see S. Res. 287)

Tax laws (see H.R. 412)

Tobacco (see S. 1179, 1259, 1529; H.R. 1976)

Tomatoes (see S. 1577)

Trade barriers: relief (see H.R. 1240)

Trade remedies: provide (see H.R. 1269)

U.S. Grain Standards Act (see H.R. 399)

U.S. market opportunities: expand (see H.R. 1571)

Under Secretary of State for Agricultural Affairs: establish position (see S. 534; H.R. 4221)

Unemployment tax (see H.R. 894)

Vegetables (see H.R. 3193)

———equitable treatment for domestically produced (see S. 1836)

Viticultural area: delay regulation regarding Shenandoah Valley (see H.R. 288)

Warehouses (see H.R. 1886)

———surplus commodities for losses (see S. 596)

Water chestnuts: duty-free treatment (see S. 1158)

Water conservation (see S. 998)

Water resources research and development (see S. 684)

Wheat (see S. 682, 1439, 1687, 1865, 2179; H.R. 2765, 2958, 3102, 3914, 4072, 4082, 4122, 4123)

Willow Creek Winter Stock Water Supply Act: enact (see H.R. 1780)

Wool (see H.R. 4079)

Wool and mohair promotion programs (see S. 1259; H.R. 3006)

World Food Day (see S.J. Res. 76)

Books

``Sweet Truths About Sugar'', 29141 [25OC]

Essays

State of the Nation's Agriculture, Ted Schwinden, Governor of Montana, 4117 [7MR]

Explanations

H.R. 3818, protect environment and man from pesticides, 23240 [4AU]

S. 690, Agricultural Land Diversion Tax Treatment Act, 4069-4072 [7MR]

S. 2067, Carolinas Cotton Growers Association, Inc., damages determination, 31391-31396 [8NO]

History

Deregulation of Railroads in Montana, 2082 [10FE]

Virginia Cooperative Extension Service and the Arlington County Fair, 27153 [4OC]

Interviews

Russia's Achilles' heel, with Lester R. Brown, 18373 [30JN]

Letters

Adjusting support of price of milk, John C. Datt, 21627 [29JY]

Agricultural Export Trade Equity Act (S. 2005): National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, 29357 [26OC]

Agricultural marketing orders, Sec. of Agriculture Block, 29619 [27OC]

———Senator Bentsen to Director of the OMB Stockman, 32038 [10NO]

Agricultural payment-in-kind program: Danny and Rose Ann Cook, 34927 [18NO]

Agricultural trade with the Soviet Union, Daniel E. Shaughnessy, 13906 [25MY]

Arkansas drought disaster areas: Senator Bumpers, 30390 [2NO]

Beef exports to Japan: Senator Baucus, 22827 [4AU]

Budget authority for the dairy indemnity program: Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, 743 [26JA]

Bulk postal rate application for soil and water conservation districts: Milton E. Mekelburg, National Association of Conservation Districts, 16294 [16JN]

———Sec. of Agriculture Block, 16294 [16JN]

Child nutrition program (S. 1209): Dept. of Agriculture, 10994 [4MY]

Commodities' payment-in-kind program (H.R. 1296): sundry Senators, 4340 [8MR]

Common agricultural policy: Clifford M. Hardin (1971), 20399 [21JY]

———Senator Helms for Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (sundry), 20400 [21JY]

Cotton classing services to producers: Dept. of Agriculture, 32269 [11NO]

Credit request by the Republic of Korea for purchase of U.S. cotton, Representative Huckaby and 130 others, 7892 [11AP]

Critical Agricultural Materials Act (H.R. 2733): American Agriculture Movement, Inc., 21130 [27JY]

———Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, 21119 [27JY]

———Interreligious Task Force on U.S. Food Policy, 21130 [27JY]

———National Association of Wheat Growers, 21130 [27JY]

———National Farmers Organization, 21129 [27JY]

———National Farmers Union, 21130 [27JY]

———National Grange, 21129 [27JY]

———Sec. of Agriculture Block, 21119 [27JY]

———Senator Zorinsky, 21118 [27JY]

———(sundry), 21117, 21129-21131 [27JY]

———sundry Senators, 21119 [27JY]

Crop feed grain program, Sec. of Agriculture Block, 24773 [20SE]

Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act (S. 1529), 27484 [6OC]

Dairy compromise, Sec. of Agriculture Block (excerpt), 30355 [1NO]

Dairy price support program: Andrew M. Novakovic, 31765 [9NO]

———Sec. of Agriculture Block, 30166 [31OC]

———Senator Leahy, 6290 [21MR]

———Senators Garn and Hatch (sundry), 1064, 1065 [27JA]

Deauthorization of the O'Neill Unit, Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin project, Representative Bonior, 6695 [22MR]

Dept. of Agriculture appropriations (H.R. 3223): Loran Schmit, 17933 [29JN]

———Senator Bentsen, 17938 [29JN]

Disclosure of health and safety data, B. J. Prasad, 6659 [22MR]

Domestic labor and unemployment roles (excerpt), 20245 [21JY]

Drought Relief Act (S. 1949): Comptroller General, 27844 [7OC]

———sundry, 27755, 27756 [6OC]

EEC agricultural policy: U.S. Trade Representative Brock, 33494 [17NO]

Emergency Agriculture Credit Act (S. 24): sundry organizations, 14136 [26MY]

Emergency Food Assistance and Commodity Distribution Act (H.R. 1590), Dept. of Agriculture, 15518 [13JN]

Emergency funds for Hawaii dairy farmers (sundry), 4697 [10MR]

Estate tax exclusion must not be frozen, 13631 [24MY]

Extra-Long Staple Cotton Act (H.R. 3190): Sec. of Agriculture Block, 23103 [4AU]

Farm economy, Arkansas WIFE (organization), 7873 [7AP]

Farm loans: Dept. of Agriculture, 9523 [21AP]

Farmers Home Administration Hawaii office relocation funds, Dept. of Agriculture, 15886 [15JN]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act reauthorization: EPA, 11827 [11MY]

Federal Meat and Poultry Products Inspection Act (S. 593): Dept. of Agriculture, 2931 [24FE]

Forest Service administrative sites proposed for disposal: Dept. of Agriculture, 17239 [23JN]

Grain market prices, Cy Carpenter, 9786 [26AP]

Highly Erodible Land Conservation Act (S. 663): American Farmland Trust, 34410 [18NO]

———National Wildlife Federation, 34410 [18NO]

———Sierra Club, 34409 [18NO]

———Soil Conservation Society of America, 34410 [18NO]

Legislation to extend certain loan programs, John R. Block, 6172 [18MR]

Loans to farmers, Senators Pryor and Bumpers, 11318 [5MY]

Long-term grain sales agreement (several Senators), 9229 [20AP]

Mandatory honey price support program, Sec. of Agriculture Block, 22745 [3AU]

Marketing research and promotion projects: Dept. of Agriculture, 33647 [17NO]

Meat, poultry, and egg products inspection (S. 1681): Dept. of Agriculture, 20822 [26JY]

Modify the dairy price support program (S. 498), 2314 [16FE]

Motor vehicle domestic content legislation (sundry farm organizations), 29762 [28OC]

National objectives for agricultural policy, David E. Hallberg, 9084 [19AP]

North Dakota Garrison water diversion project funds (sundry), 17157-17161 [23JN]

Payment-in-kind program: CBO, 4196 [8MR]

———(cotton farmer), 19558 [18JY]

———Thomas N. Tomlinson, Agricultural Machinery Rentals, 4192 [8MR]

Plight of American farmers, 7066 [23MR]

Poultry and egg industry foreign export subsidies, 1748 [3FE]

Program for extra-long staple cotton, Sec. of Agriculture Block, 17419 [27JN]

Quarantine laws enforcement authority, Sec. of Agriculture Block, 27027 [4OC]

Request for disaster relief in Mississippi, Representative Skelton, 23943 [13SE]

Stabilization of supply of dairy products: OMB, 31313 [7NO]

Tobacco price support freeze (H.R. 3392): Lester W. LeCompte, CCC, 18944 [13JY]

———Senator Helms, 18945 [13JY]

———(sundry), 18944 [13JY]

U.S. export subsidies, exchange between OMB and Representative Hamilton, 27748, 27749 [6OC]

Uniform grain storage rates, Loran Schmit, 5965 [17MR]

User fees for costs associated with plant and animal quarantine, Sec. of Agriculture, 23452 [4AU]

Wheat and feed grains programs: National Fertilizer Solutions Association, 22828 [4AU]

Williamsburg Summit—ideal opportunity for agricultural trade: Representative Corcoran, 14195 [26MY]

Letters of transmittal

Food Stamp Act amendments (S. 1208): Dept. of Agriculture, 10986 [4MY]

Lists

Agricultural groups that oppose automobile domestic content requirements, 30544 [2NO]

Byproducts from peanuts by George Washington Carver, 16870 [22JN]

Cosponsors of the Highly Erodible Land Conservation Act (S. 663), 34404 [18NO]

Crops that require or benefit from honey bee pollination, 2464 [17FE]

Damages in California, 3955 [3MR]

Major drought relief programs, 26200 [28SE]

Organizations endorsing the Highly Erodible Land Conservation Act (S. 663), 34404 [18NO]

Organizations in opposition to the target price freeze, 17897 [29JN]

Organizations supporting amending the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act to create a trust protection plan, 31036 [4NO]

Organizations supporting the Agricultural Export Trade Equity Act (S. 2005), 29352 [26OC]

Products made from sweet potatoes by George Washington Carver, 16870 [22JN]

Memorials of legislature

Agricultural land tax incentives: North Dakota, 8635 [14AP]

Agricultural trade barriers: Tennessee, 11622 [10MY]

Agricultural truck carriers highway tax: California, 26067 [28SE]

Boll weevil eradication: California, 25044 [21SE]

California artichokes: California, 5832 [16MR]

Child nutrition programs: California, 20348 [21JY]

Cotton: California, 23737 [12SE]

Dairy assessments: Georgia, 17413 [27JN]

Dairy price support program: Minnesota, 7604 [5AP], 7741 [7AP], 8634 [14AP], 9489 [21AP]

———New York, 5250 [15MR], 7159 [24MR]

———South Carolina, 9489 [21AP]

———Utah, 12105 [12MY], 13619 [24MY]

Export of unregistered pesticides: Hawaii, 13481 [24MY], 11622 [10MY]

Farmers Home Administration interest credit programs: Georgia, 8634 [14AP]

Foreign trade balance: California, 27246 [5OC]

Grain reserve program: North Dakota, 7604 [5AP], 8634 [14AP]

International Trade and Investment Act: California, 25047 [21SE]

Milk production tax: Utah, 27467 [6OC]

National Aquaculture Act: Hawaii, 13480 [24MY]

National Small Grains Collection Facility: Idaho, 11106 [4MY], 13480 [24MY]

National Weather Service: California, 25045, 25046 [21SE]

Pennsylvania Garden Week: Pennsylvania, 33190 [16NO], 33786 [17NO]

Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta water levees: California, 7161 [24MR]

Salinity: California, 25045 [21SE]

Snake River water rights: Idaho, 13482 [24MY]

Water rights: California, 24819 [20SE], 26068 [28SE]

Messages

CCC Report: President Reagan, 13109 [19MY], 13337 [23MY]

Extension of the International Wheat Agreement, President Reagan, 18550 [11JY]

Milk Price Support Program Veto, President Reagan (PM 73), 23541 [12SE]

Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Program Extension (H.R. 4252): House of Representatives, 34363 [18NO]

Vetoes of H.R. 3564, Announcement Date of 1984 Feed Grain Program, President Reagan (H. Doc. 98-95), 23701 [12SE]

Motions

Energy and water development appropriations (H.R. 3132): Conte motion to insist on House position on the Garrison Diverson Unit, 17152 [23JN]

Papers

Deficits and Interest Rates, Garry J. Schinasi, 21125-21128 [27JY]

Precipitation Augmentation for Crops Experiment (PACE): Illinois State Water Survey, 28983 [21OC]

Petitions

Acid rain control: Fairmont Industrial and Credit Corp., Marion County, W. Va., Council, 34232 [18NO]

———Huntington, W. Va., Chamber of Commerce, 34232 [18NO]

———Marion County, W. Va., Chamber of Commerce, 34232 [18NO]

Nitrites content in bacon: American Meat Institute, 24837 [20SE]

Sugar price support program: Maui County, Hawaii, Council, 8454 [13AP], 9489 [21AP]

Surplus commodities storage funding: Plainfield, N.J., City Council, 11275 [5MY]

Water origin statutes: Nevada County, Calif., Board of Supervisors, 26068 [28SE]

———Paradise, Calif., Town Council, 26068 [28SE]

———Yuba City, Calif., City Council, 26068 [28SE]

Wine Equity Act: Fresno, Calif., Board of Supervisors, 18474 [11JY], 21348 [28JY]

———Humboldt County, Calif., Board of Supervisors, 25046 [21SE]

———Lake County, Calif., Board of Supervisors, 20350 [21JY]

———Madera County, Calif., Board of Supervisors, 16899 [22JN], 17413 [27JN]

———Napa County, Calif., Board of Supervisors, 15609 [14JN]

———San Luis Obispo County, Calif., Board of Supervisors, 18474 [11JY], 20350 [21JY]

Press releases

Credit for farmers, Dept. of Agriculture (excerpt), 9839 [27AP]

Proclamations

Alabama Dept. of Agriculture and Industries tribute, Alabama congressional delegation, 23367 [4AU]

Planting of Oregon Noble Fir tree on U.S. Capitol Grounds, Victor Atiyeh, Governor of Oregon, 10125 [27AP]

Remarks in House

Acid rain: control, 8689 [14AP]

———economic incentives for control measures (H.R. 4483), 34969 [14DE]

———environmental impact, 15543 [13JN]

Africa: famine, 18826 [12JY], 21553 [28JY]

Agricultural Act: amend (H.R. 3101), 13658 [24MY]

Agricultural commodities: export exemptions (H.R. 2321), 7506 [24MR]

———export exemptions (H.R. 2322), 7506 [24MR]

———purchaser title clearance (H.R. 3297), 15757 [14JN]

———tax treatment (H.R. 1287), 1972 [8FE]

Agricultural consultants: role in foreign trade, 25673 [23SE]

Agricultural Efficiency and Equity Act: introduction (H.R. 4565), 34926 [18NO]

Agricultural export contracts: clarify sanctity, 28268 [19OC]

Agricultural Export Recovery Act: introduction (H.R. 1221), 1445 [2FE]

Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act: amend, 14201 [26MY]

Agricultural options: lift ban on trading, 32215 [10NO]

Agricultural policy: incentives for domestic innovation, 9629 [25AP]

Agricultural Productivity Act: introduction (H.R. 2714), 9398 [21AP]

Agricultural products: reduction in duty on certain, 29895 [28OC]

Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee Act: introduction (H.R. 3746), 22363 [2AU]

Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3223), 14808 [8JN], 14832, 14833 [9JN]-14835, 14879 [8JN], 15362 [9JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3223), appointment of conferees, 29407 [26OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3223), filing conference report, 29407 [26OC]

Allen, Delbert E.: tribute, 3454 [1MR]

Animals and poultry: intrastate quarantines (H.R. 3007), 12269 [12MY]

Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 3069), conference report, 21478, 21481-21514 [28JY]

Arid Lands Renewable Agricultural Resources Corp.: establish (H.R. 479), 167 [6JA]

Arlington County, Va., Cooperative Extension Service: tribute, 27153 [4OC]

Auburn Dam, Calif.: funding (H.R. 4452, 4453), 33972 [17NO]

Automatic production controls: provide (H.R. 2765), 10112 [27AP]

Baldwin, Richard L.: tribute, 30573 [2NO]

Bangor Punta Corp.: Federal subsidies for not growing crops, 30551 [2NO]

Bartering with foreign countries: proposal (H. Con. Res. 56), 2005 [10FE]

Beef and pork producers, 28190 [18OC]

Berta, Giuseppe: Conservation Farmer of the Year, 8669 [14AP]

Browning, C. W.: National Association of County Agricultural Agents chairman, 34957 [14DE]

Cabool, Mo.: vocational agricultural building project, 28242 [18OC]

Cargo preference: expansion, 17671 [28JN]

———expansion (H. Con. Res. 136), 17740, 17800 [28JN]

Caribbean Basin: promote economic revitalization (H.R. 2249), 6694 [22MR]

Caribbean Nations: importation of agricultural products from, 29602 [27OC]

Carlton, C. C.: tribute, 31874 [9NO]

CCC: donate surplus agricultural commodities to needy foreign countries, 2005 [10FE]

———export credit revolving fund (H.R. 1221), 1445 [2FE]

Child nutrition programs: impact of budget cuts, 29052 [28OC]

China, People's Republic of: impact of trade policy, 22354 [2AU]

China, Republic of: U.S. goods purchased, 34771, 34846 [18NO]

Citrus industry: proposed regulations affecting, 29614 [31OC]

Citrus products: establish equitable classification and duty rates (H.R. 3587), 19711 [18JY]

Coal slurry pipelines: use of farm land, 21545 [28JY]

Colorado River Basin: develop conservation program (H.R. 3903), 24507 [15SE]

Commodities: barter for materials produced by foreign countries (H. Con. Res. 56), 31093 [7NO]

———distribution of surplus, 31093 [7NO]

———ocean transportation (H.R. 1915), 3967 [3MR]

———payment-in-kind program, 9602 [21AP]

Commodity distribution program: review, 22708 [3AU]

Commodity surtax measure: provisions (H.R. 3193), 14399 [2JN]

Competitive Shipping and Shipbuilding Act: effect on agricultural and coal export prices, 17185 [23JN]

Computers: information service, 34863 [18NO]

Costa, Dimas: tribute, 27437 [5OC]

Cotton: establish an improved program for extra-long staple (H.R. 3190), resolution to make corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 63), 23205 [4AU]

———exports, 7892 [11AP]

———payment-in-kind program (H.R. 3385), 19556 [18JY], 19557 [19JY], 28190, 28201 [18OC]

———payment-in-kind program (H.R. 3385), conference report, 34133 [18NO]

———payment-in-kind program (H.R. 3385), filing conference report, 33093 [16NO]

———reforms in the extra long staple cotton program (H.R. 3190), 17252 [27JN]

———supplies for the payment-in-kind program, 18467 [11JY]

Cows: marketing, 31742 [9NO]

Credit assistance: farmers (H.R. 1190), 9814-9847 [27AP], 10766-10787 [3MY]

——— farmers (H.R. 1190), authorizing technical corrections, 10787 [3MY]

——— farmers (H.R. 1190), request for permission to expunge rollcall 77 on Watkins amendment, 10787 [3MY]

Critical Agricultural Materials Act: enact (H.R. 2733), 12469-12473 [17MY]

Crop feed grain program: announcement date (H.R. 3914), 24772-24775 [20SE]

Cropland: tax treatment (H.R. 1296), 1843 [7FE]

Crops: Federal subsidies for not growing, 30551 [2NO]

Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act: enact (H.R. 3385), conference report, 34133 [18NO]

Dairy and tobacco programs: improve, 34033 [18NO]

Dairy price support program: amend (H.R. 1604), 2881 [23FE], 3034 [24FE]

———modify (H.R. 3292), 30166 [31OC]

Dairy price support program (H.R. 3292), 29961 [31OC]

Dairy price supports, 18847 [13JY]

Dairy production: repeal assessment, 7431 [24MR]

———stabilization, 34804 [18NO]

Dairy Production Stabilization Act: enact (H.R. 1875), request for rule, 29080 [24OC]

———enact (H.R. 4196), 30319, 30337 [1NO], 30355 [1NO], 30763 [3NO], 30924, 30937 [4NO], 31103-31122 [7NO], 31313 [7NO], 31729, 31735 [9NO]-31757 [10NO]-31787 [9NO], 32211 [10NO]

———enact (H.R. 4196), appointment of conferees, 31787 [9NO]

———enact (H.R. 4196), Conable amendment, 31735, 31761-31781 [9NO]

———introduction (H.R. 4196), 29082 [24OC]

Dairy products: improve market, 30763 [3NO]

———price support (H.R. 1604), 2838 [23FE]

———price support program, 31103 [7NO], 31427, 31428 [8NO]

———price supports, 28190 [18OC]

———promotion programs, 31748 [9NO]

———repeal certain tax assessments (H.R. 4128), 28532 [20OC]

———stabilize supply and demand imbalance (H.R. 4196), 30319, 30337 [1NO], 30355 [1NO], 30763 [3NO], 30924, 30937 [4NO], 31103-31122 [7NO], 31313 [7NO], 31729, 31735 [9NO]-31757 [10NO]-31787 [9NO], 32211 [10NO]

———stabilize supply and demand imbalance (H.R. 4196), Conable amendment, 31735, 31761-31781 [9NO]

———stabilize supply and demand imbalance (H.R. 4196), appointment of conferees, 31787 [9NO]

———stabilize supply and demand imbalance (H.R. 4196), printing of amendments, 30319 [1NO]

———surplus, 28156 [18OC]

Dairy program: termination date, 31753 [9NO]

Dairy program (H.R. 3385), 28200, 28513 [19OC]

Dairy programs, 28154 [18OC]

Dairy Surplus Reduction Act: introduction (H.R. 1528), 2547 [17FE], 3452 [1MR]

Delmarva Peninsula: anniversary of poultry industry, 21036 [26JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish an agriculture productivity research and extension program (H.R. 2714), 9398 [21AP]

———expand barter authority (H.R. 3991), 25974 [27SE]

———loan policies, 10501 [28AP]

———making continuing appropriations, 26180 [28SE]

Disadvantaged: improve education programs (H.R. 2266), 7444 [24MR]

DISC: farm cooperative participation (H.R. 2646), 9294 [20AP]

Domestic Commodity Distribution and Food Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 2023), 4641 [9MR]

Domestic labor: efforts to hire, 20245 [21JY]

———impact of Haitian hiring requirement, 20245 [21JY]

Drought: disaster assistance, 24762 [20SE]

———economic relief, 27755 [6OC]

Economic and foreign policy issues: questions constituents are asking, 23707 [12SE]

Economic injury disaster loans: clarify eligibility (H.R. 2988), 12020 [11MY]

Economic plight, 139 [6JA]

Economic recovery: proposals, 2010 [10FE]

Economics test: past and present situation, 29401 [26OC]

Education Consolidation and Improvement Act: amend (H.R. 1035), 8685 [14AP]

EEC: agricultural policy (H. Res. 322), 33493 [17NO]

Egg and Poultry Export Equity Act: introduction (H.R. 2897), 11099 [4MY]

Eggs: develop marketing orders (H.R. 3568), 19357 [14JY]

Emergency Agricultural Act: introduction (H.R. 1311), 1562 [3FE]

Emergency Agricultural Credit Act: enact (H.R. 1190), 9403 [21AP], 9814 [27AP], 9833 [5MY]-9847 [27AP], 10766-10787 [3MY], 10859 [3MY], 11135 [4MY]

———enact (H.R. 1190), authorizing technical corrections, 10787 [3MY]

———enact (H.R. 1190), request for permission to expunge rollcall 77 on Watkins amendment, 10787 [3MY]

———introduction, 1446 [2FE]

———introduction (H.R. 1190), 1537-1538 [2FE]

Emergency Agricultural Credit Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 1402), 9830 [27AP]

———introduction (H.R. 1402), 2087 [10FE]

Emergency Commodity Distribution Act: enact (H.R. 1513), 4887 [10MR]

Emergency Food Assistance and Commodity Distribution Act: enact (H.R. 1590), 15128 [9JN], 15513-15523 [13JN], 16023 [16JN], 16040 [21JN]-16042 [16JN], 16267, 16297 [16JN]

———introduction (H.R. 1590), 2829-2832 [23FE]

Employees: withholding tax (H.R. 2492), 8208 [12AP]

Estate and gift taxes: proposed freeze on exemptions, 7455 [24MR]

Export Administration Act: amend (H.R. 3231), 20180 [21JY], 24767 [20SE]

Export contracts: negotiation of certain, relative to foreign availability, 28274, 28295 [19OC]

Export controls: require congressional passage approving imposition of certain, 28263 [19OC]

Export Expansion Act: enact (H.R. 2550), 8531 [13AP]

Export sales: promote (H.R. 1221), 1445 [2FE]

Export sanctions: foreign policy tool, 12960 [18MY]

Exports: impact of EEC agricultural policies, 15716 [14JN]

———increase, 18120 [29JN]

———transportation costs, 14064 [26MY]

Extra-Long Staple Cotton Act: enact (H.R. 3190), 17252 [27JN]

Fair Trade for Agriculture Act: introudction (H.R. 1240), 1559 [3FE]

Family farmers: economic plight, 2543 [17FE]

———need for new export markets, 1783 [3FE]

———price supports, 1783 [3FE]

Farm and rural development loan program: modify (H.R. 2092), 5197 [14MR]

Farm legislation: update, 28254 [19OC]

Farm loans: defer payments on certain, 1446 [2FE]

Farm policy, 22314 [2AU]

Farm productivity: importance of agricultural research, 8209 [12AP]

Farm programs, 28154 [18OC], 28254 [19OC]

———alternatives, 34886 [18NO]

———require Sec. of Agriculture to make earlier announcements (H.R. 3914), 24775 [22SE]

Farmers: debt relief, 1555 [3FE]

———economic impact of drought conditions, 26200 [28SE]

———economic plight, 139 [6JA], 916 [27JA], 1555, 1562 [3FE], 2005 [10FE], 26726 [30SE]

———emergency assistance programs, 25890 [27SE]

———impact of loan cutoffs, 8097 [12AP]

———production loss loans, 26200 [28SE]

——— emergency credit assistance (H.R. 1190), 10766-10787 [3MY]

——— emergency credit assistance (H.R. 1190), authorizing technical corrections, 10787 [3MY]

——— emergency credit assistance (H.R. 1190), request for permission to expunge rollcall 77 on Watkins amendment, 10787 [3MY]

———recognize contributions, 27059 [4OC]

Farmers' Equity Act: enact (H.R. 3154), 14204 [26MY]

Farmers Home Administration: advertisement for auctioneers to sell farms, 26781 [30SE]

———cutoff of operating loans, 8097 [12AP]

———impact of budget proposals on programs, 6210 [18MR]

———proposed loan deferral (H.R. 1024), 916 [27JA], 1077 [27JA]

Farmland Protection Policy Act: impact, 11734-11736 [10MY]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend (H.R. 3818), 23238 [4AU], 23456 [4AU]

Federal Reserve Board: include agricultural and small business representatives (H.R. 2566), 8699 [14AP]

Federal Supplemental Compensation Act: amend (H.R. 3409), 23495 [17AU]

Feed grain program: announcement date of 1984 (H.R. 3564), 21970 [1AU]

———early announcement of 1984, 19388 [14JY]

Fertilizer Institute: anniversary, 15754 [14JN]

Filbert industry: research, promotion, and advertising (H.R. 2590), 9066 [19AP]

Filberts: authorize marketing research and promotion projects (H.R. 2590), 21976 [1AU]

Food: distribution of surplus, 7416 [24MR]

———use of radiation as postharvest treatment, 34011 [18NO]

———use of radiation as postharvest treatment (H.R. 4544), 34172 [18NO]

Food and drugs: impose penalties for tampering (H.R. 778), 898 [26JA]

———impose penalties for tampering (H.R. 1544), 2563 [17FE]

Food Assistance and Commodity Distribution Act: enact (H.R. 1590)—de la Garza amendment provisions, 13414 [23MY]

Food industry: tribute, 11141 [4MY]

Food irradiation: safety, 18826 [12JY]

Food irradiation technology, 34011 [18NO]

Food safety: improve (H.R. 4121), 27916-27919, 27934 [7OC]

Foreign agricultural trade: negotiations, 22708 [3AU]

Foreign countries: trade barriers (H.R. 1240), 1559 [3FE]

Foreign trade: Export Equity Act (H.R. 1677), 7867 [7AP]

Frozen Food Day: designate (H.J. Res. 373), 25985 [27SE]

Future Farmers of America: awards, 14249 [1JN]

Future Farmers of America Week: observance, 2710 [22FE]

Garrison water project, North Dakota: funding, 17152 [23JN]

Gasohol: encourage production (H.R. 3101), 14143 [26MY]

———support production (H.R. 3101), 13658 [24MY]

Gasohol equipment: repeal occupation tax on manufacturers of certain (H.R. 3764), 22599 [3AU]

Government: policies, 31863 [9NO]

Grain: distribute surplus, 28253 [19OC]

———establish long-term agreement with the Soviet Union, 5875 [17MR]

———long-term agreement negotiations with the Soviet Union (H. Res. 161), 8442 [13AP]

Grain companies: disclosure of food sales information, 32456 [14NO]

Grain dust: regulations, 24333 [15SE]

Grain elevator bankruptcies: protect farmers (H.R. 1031), 118 [27JA]

Grain elevators: safety standards, 24333 [15SE]

Grain sales: proposed embargo in response to Soviet attack on South Korean airliner, 25946-25961 [27SE]

Grant, Willard J.: tribute, 30364 [1NO]

Guayule rubber: research, development, and demonstration program, 12469-12473 [17MY]

Hawaii: emergency relief appropriations for dairy farmers, 4696 [10MR]

Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act: enact (H.R. 1), 18738, 18764 [20JY], 18863 [14JY]

Human Needs and World Security Act: introduction (H.R. 4440), 33951-33953 [17NO]

Hunger: getting food to the poor, 15315 [9JN]

Interbasin water: requirements for sale or transfer (H.R. 1749), 23973 [13SE]

Interbasin water transfer: study impact (H.R. 1749), 21545 [28JY]

Interbasin water transfers: study effects (H.R. 1749), 3447 [1MR]

Irradiation: proposed use for preservation of food, 7483 [24MR]

———use in food preservation, 26826 [30SE]

Japan: trade quotas on U.S. agricultural products, 19553 [18JY]

———unfair trade practices, 29462 [26OC]

Korea, Republic of: agreement to purchase U.S. rice, 2823 [23FE]

Labor: withholding tax (H.R. 2492), 8208 [12AP]

Livestock: investigate mass production, 14206 [26MY]

———methods to protect, 28626 [24OC]

Louisiana yam: tribute, 12701 [17MY]

Lyndall, Rex: tribute, 3204 [28FE]

Marketing orders: authority, 29607, 29612-29623 [27OC]

———implementation (H. Con. Res. 117), 9812 [27AP]

McCombs, Allen P.: tribute, 27427 [5OC]

Meat: use of chemicals in production, 6078 [17MR]

Migrant children: funding of education programs, 5406 [15MR]

Migrant student record transfer system: funding, 25962 [27SE]

Milk: assessment on production, 29961 [31OC], 31762, 31782 [9NO]

———exemption from production assessment of producer-handlers, 31750 [9NO]

———price support (H.R. 1604), 2838 [23FE]

———price support program, 23703 [12SE]

———price supports, 28190 [18OC], 31762 [9NO]

———price supports (H.R. 4196), 30937 [4NO]

———surplus, 23703 [12SE]

———surplus production, 31103 [7NO], 31729 [9NO]

———tax assessment of production (H.R. 4128), 28532 [20OC]

———temporary suspension of authority of Sec. of Agriculture relative to the milk price support program (S.J. Res. 149), 23199-23205 [4AU]

Milk Producers Equity Act: introduction (H.R. 2812), 10520 [28AP]

Milk products: repeal assessment (H.R. 1875), 21533 [28JY]

Milk tax: repeal, 3698 [2MR]

Mississippi: request for disaster relief, 23943 [13SE]

Muller, Eda: tribute, 33239 [16NO]

National 4-H Week: observance, 26951 [3OC]

National Agricultural Research Fair, 10752, 10754 [3MY]

National Agriculture Day: designate, 18341, 18346 [30JN]

———designate (H.J. Res. 311), 24330 [15SE]

———observance, 6367 [21MR], 6411, 6417 [21MR], 7441, 7518 [24MR]

National Animal Agriculture Week: designate (S.J. Res. 77), 20659 [25JY]

National Endowment for Soil and Water Conservation: private sector initiative, 21030 [26JY]

National Farm Women's Month: observance, 34875 [18NO]

National objectives: policy, 9084 [19AP]

National policy, 23758 [12SE]

National Raisin Week: observance, 10535 [28AP]

National Weather Service: budget request relative to agricultural services, 9306 [20AP]

Natural gas: impact of price increases on food industry, 2083 [10FE]

New Mexico: compensation for certain ranchers (H.R. 4022), 26229 [28SE]

North Dakota: wheat donations to needy by producers, 6077 [17MR]

Noxious odors: prevent interstate transport (H.R. 1325), 1947 [8FE]

Nutrition programs: status of research, 22373 [2AU]

Ocean Freight Competition Act: introduction (H.R. 1915), 3967 [3MR]

OMB: marketing orders authority, 11146 [4MY]

Omnibus Marketing User Fee Act: enact (H.R. 3006), 12278 [12MY]

Onion Harvest Festival, N.Y., 21169 [27JY]

Oregon Noble Fir tree: U.S. Capitol Grounds planting ceremony, 10124 [27AP]

Organic agriculture: future application, 20687 [25JY]

OSHA: safety standards for ethylene dibromide, 25810 [26SE], 26826 [30SE]

Payment-in-kind: benefits to conglomerates, 23447 [4AU]

Payment-in-kind acreage diversion program: improve (H.R. 1541), 2405 [17FE]

Payment-in-kind agricultural program: tax treatment, 4185 [8MR]

Payment-in-kind program, 30173 [31OC], 30551 [2NO], 30573 [2NO]

———administrative problems, 31072 [4NO]

———assessment, 14832, 15358 [9JN]

———benefits to conglomerates, 21558 [28JY]

———diversion payments in cash option (H.R. 2634), 9314 [20AP]

———economic impact, 21408, 21515 [28JY]

———expand limitations (H.R. 4368), 32373 [12NO]

———impact, 19089 [13JY]

———implementation, 4881 [10MR]

———killing of wheat, 16873 [22JN]

——— equity to cotton producers (H.R. 3385), 28190, 28201 [18OC]

——— equity to cotton producers (H.R. 3385), conference report, 34133 [18NO]

———quality of grain, 29066 [24OC]

———reform policy, 17673 [28JN], 18467 [11JY]

———upland cotton (H.R. 3385), 19556 [18JY]

———use bid process to get cotton for payments, 18467 [11JY]

Payment-in-Kind Tax Treatment Act: enact (H.R. 1296), 4189-4201 [8MR], 18842 [12JY]

———enact (H.R. 1296), House amendment to Senate amendment, 4633 [9MR]

Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act: amend (H.R. 3867), 23923 [13SE], 32721-32723 [15NO]

Pesticide Import and Export Act: provisions (H.R. 3254), 15080 [8JN]

Pesticides: regulate, 23456 [4AU]

Peters, Richard: tribute, 18272 [29JN]

Pinder, Frank E.: tribute, 6068 [17MR]

Potato industry: impact of Canadian imports, 23224 [4AU]

President's Task Force on Food Assistance: membership, 27421 [5OC]

Private foundations: valuing farm land for tax purposes (H.R. 1198), 1540 [2FE]

Productivity: improve (H.R. 2714), 9398 [21AP]

Puerto Rico: financial assistance for transportation of certain commodities (H.R. 1017), 1079 [27JA]

Puerto Rico Transportation Equalization Act: introduction (H.R. 1017), 1079 [27JA]

Railroads: impact of deregulation on Montana shippers, 2081 [10FE]

Ranchers Tell Stories of Coal Slurry Pipeline Coercion, 21545 [28JY]

Reagan, President: farm policies, 26726 [30SE]

———impact of policies on hunger, 27189 [4OC], 27421 [5OC]

———impact of textile import policy, 12423 [16MY]

Reciprocal Trade and Investment Act: enact (S. 144), privileges of the House (H. Res. 195), 12486 [17MY]

Rehabilitation Act: extend and improve (H.R. 3520), 23898 [15SE], 24753 [19SE], 26545 [29SE]

Rent control: issues, 18764 [20JY]

Research: adequacy of present funding, 20431 [21JY]

———funding, 6678 [22MR]

Research programs: funding, 8209 [12AP]

Rose growers: relief through more equitable tariff rates on imported roses, 1228 [1FE]

Roundup (herbicide): used to kill wheat, 16873 [22JN]

Sandia Pueblo Tribe: vegetable farm, 24942 [20SE]

School lunch program: evaluation of alternatives to the donation of commodities (H.R. 4161), 28495 [19OC]

———improve operation (H.R. 4091), 29052 [25OC], 29053 [28OC]

——— relief for school districts affected by certain policy changes (H.R. 4161), 28495 [19OC]

Sebastiani, Sam: tribute, 17870 [28JN]

Sec. of Agriculture: extend authority to collect fees (H.R. 3830), 23452 [4AU]

Small business: relief from imports (H.R. 1269), 1771 [3FE]

Soil and water conservation districts: qualification for bulk postal rate (H.R. 3337), 16294 [16JN]

Soil and Water Conservation Incentives Act: introduction (H.R. 3341), 16264 [16JN]

Soil conservation: funding, 13533 [24MY]

Soil Conservation Act: introduction (H.R. 3457), 18352, 18387 [30JN]

South Korean airliner: proposed trade policy responses to Soviet attack, 25946-25961 [27SE], 26750-26757 [30SE]

Soviet Union: agricultural trade negotiations (H. Res. 161), 8442 [13AP]

———establish long-term grain agreement, 5875 [17MR], 9608, 9609, 9616 [25AP], 18120 [29JN], 22708 [3AU]

———establish long-term grain agreement negotiations (H. Res. 161), 8442 [13AP]

———grain embargo, 24762, 24767 [20SE]

———grain embargo in response to Soviet attack on South Korean airliner, 25946-25961 [27SE], 26750-26757 [30SE]

———resume negotiations for a long-term grain sales agreement (H. Res. 145), 6321 [21MR]

———U.S. grain sale, 26533 [29SE]

———use of trade sanctions against, 24187 [15SE]

Soybean farmers: increase participation in the payment-in-kind acreage diversion program (H.R. 1541), 2405 [17FE]

Space Shuttle: contents of payload, 7629 [5AP]

St. John River Basin, Maine: authorize resource conservation and cropland irrigation project (H.R. 3844), 23224 [4AU]

Storage space: utilize unused agricultural, 17673 [28JN]

Strategic Materials Collateral Corp. Charter Act: introduction (H.R. 4109), 27915 [7OC]

Sugar: eliminate import quotas (H.R. 3727), 22085, 22088 [1AU]

Sunny Slope Farms, Inc.: conservation award recipient, 34719 [18NO]

Surplus agricultural commodities: distribution (H.R. 1590), 15128 [9JN], 15513-15523 [13JN], 16023-16042 [16JN], 16268, 16297 [16JN]

Surplus commodities: distribution, 22597 [3AU]

———distribution (H.R. 1590), 2829-2832 [23FE]

———expand distribution program to neeedy foreign countries, 2005 [10FE]

Surplus Dairy Products Exchange Act: introduction (H.R. 3295), 15760 [14JN]

Surplus food: distribution, 21545 [28JY]

———distribution (H.R. 1590), 19777 [21JY]

———distribution to needy people, 17669 [28JN], 18254 [29JN], 18304 [30JN]

———U.S. distribution policy, 2384 [17FE]

Third World countries: need for technology transfer, 7913 [11AP]

Thornton, Dick: retirement from the Grower-Shipper Vegetable Association, 26187 [28SE]

Tobacco: freeze price support levels (H.R. 3392), 18431 [11JY], 19158 [14JY]

Tobacco Deregulation Act: introduction (H.R. 1976), 4185 [8MR]

Tobacco program: price supports, 28190 [18OC]

———price support (H.R. 1976), 4185 [8MR]

———review subsidy program, 22189 [2AU]

Trade embargoes: disapprove certain, 26221 [28SE]

———disapprove certain (H. Con. Res. 174), 25665 [23SE]

Tree seedlings: Dept. of the Interior assistance in public land planting (H.R. 2838), 33057-33059 [16NO]

U.S. agricultural products: decline of export sales, 20180 [21JY]

U.S. exports: expand market (S. 144), privileges of the House (H. Res. 195), 12486 [17MY]

U.S. foreign policy: impact on agricultural economy, 116 [6JA]

U.S.-Soviet Union: balance of food power, 18373 [30JN]

UN Food and Agricultural Organization: annual conference, 34876 [18NO]

Warrants: require consent on farm property (H.R. 2229), 6675 [22MR]

Weather damage: disaster loans, 2012 [10FE]

Weather information program: funding, 9231 [20AP]

Weather satellites: agricultural impact of proposed transfer to private sector, 28832 [21OC]

———proposal to sell, 4183 [8MR], 4486 [9MR], 4694 [10MR], 8956 [19AP]

———proposed sale to private industry, 6082 [18MR]

Weather stations: impact on citrus industry of proposed closings, 3538 [2MR]

Wheat: establish incentive program (H.R. 4082), 27437 [5OC]

———payment-in-kind program, 15089 [8JN]

Wheat, corn, upland cotton, and rice: export incentive programs (H.R. 4122), 27609 [6OC]

———prices, 27609 [6OC]

Wheat Export Incentive Act: introduction (H.R. 4122), 27609 [6OC]

Wheat Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 4072), 33113-33116 [16NO]

Wine Equity Act: enact (H.R. 3795), 34954 [14DE]

World Food Day: observance, 28511 [19OC]

Remarks in Senate

Acreage set-aside program: improve feed grain program (S. 2179), 34512 [18NO]

Agribusiness Loan Act: introduction (S. 1813), 22978 [4AU]

Agricultural Act: introduction (S. 36), 564-569 [26JA]

Agricultural Adjustment Act: amend (H.R. 2590), discharge from committee, 32647 [15NO]

Agricultural commodities: taxation of certain income derived from (S. 1807), 22972 [4AU]

Agricultural Commodity Donation Act: introduction (S. 490), 2307 [16FE]

Agricultural Credit Improvement Act, 792 [26JA]

Agricultural Disaster Payment-in-Kind Act: introduction (S. 1439), 15278 [9JN]

Agricultural Export Equity Act: introduction (S. 251), 1025-1027, 1030 [27JA]

Agricultural Export Equity and Market Expansion Act: enact (S. 822), 6240 [21MR]

Agricultural Export Expansion Act: introduction (S. 18), 509 [26JA]

Agricultural Export Market Recovery Act: introduction (S. 398), 1408 [2FE]

Agricultural Export Trade Equity Act: introduction (S. 2005), 29352-29355 [26OC]

Agricultural exports: expand market (S. 251), 1025-1027, 1030 [27JA]

Agricultural exports (S. Res. 115), 14505 [6JN]

Agricultural Free and Fair Trade Act: introduction (S. 100), 656 [26JA]

Agricultural imports: financing (S. 510), 2444 [17FE]

Agricultural Land Diversion Tax Treatment Act: enact (S. 690), 4068 [7MR]

Agricultural Market Expansion Act: enact (S. 14), 1752 [3FE]

———introduction (S. 14), 504-506 [26JA]

Agricultural marketing orders: further continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 413), 32037 [10NO]

———maintain integrity (S. Con. Res. 64), 23007 [4AU]

Agricultural prices and production: improve programs (S. 1258), 11822 [11MY]

Agricultural production: financing, 9768 [26AP]

Agricultural products: proposal to freeze target prices, 20726 [26JY]

Agricultural programs: earlier announcement on certain (S. 1687), 21139 [27JY]

———early announcements (H.R. 3564), 22180 [2AU]

Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee Act: introduction (S. 1643), 19854 [20JY]

Agricultural trade: policy, 27536 [6OC]

———reform, 13873 [25MY]

———U.S. policy, 7144 [24MR]

Agricultural trade with the Soviet Union (S. Res. 95), 13905-13910 [25MY]

Agriculture: adverse effects of U.S. proposals to modify EEC policy (S. Res. 233), 29867-29871 [28OC]

Agriculture Day: observance, 6240 [21MR], 6559 [22MR]

Agriculture Free and Fair Trade Act: enact (S. 100), 2230 [15FE]

Agriculture Productivity Act: introduction (S. 1128), 9505 [21AP]

Alabama: commend the Dept. of Agriculture and Industries (S. Res. 203), 22863 [4AU]

Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station: 100th anniversary observance, 2731 [23FE]

Alcohol fuel: sale of grain for conversion (S. 494), 2311 [16FE]

American Feed Manufacturers Association: 75th anniversary, 10637 [2MY]

Animal Agriculture Week: observance, 21644 [29JY]

Apple and pear juice: duty (S. 453), 1722 [3FE]

Aquatic plant control program: increase annual funding authority (S. 1073), 8821 [18AP]

ASCS county and community committee system: require the continuation, 20473 [22JY]

Bacon: nitrites content, 24837 [20SE]

Barter Promotion Act: introduction (S. 1683), 20825-20827 [26JY]

Belle Fourche irrigation project: reauthorization (S. 448), 1703 [3FE]

Bureau of Land Management: remove the expiration date of the Grazing Advisory Boards (S. 920), 7104 [24MR]

Cargo preference: issues, 11426 [6MY]

Carob flour: suspension of duty (S. 2156), 34473 [18NO]

Carolinas Cotton Growers Association, Inc.: determination of damages (S. 2067), 31390 [8NO]

CCC: use of grain stocks for alcohol fuels (S. 1298), 12616 [17MY]

Child Nutrition Act: amend (H.R. 4091), 29142 [25OC], 29395 [26OC]

Child nutrition programs: improvements (S. 1913), 26701 [30SE]

———proposals (S. 1209), 10992 [4MY]

Chile: correct spelling of pepper, 30733 [3NO]

China, Republic of: surplus rice dumping, 18926-18927 [13JY]

Cigarette Safety Act: introduction (S. 51), 596-598 [26JA]

Citrus products: classification and duty rates (S. 1636), 19663 [18JY]

Coal slurry: opposition, 13519 [24MY]

Commodities: payment-in-kind program (H.R. 1296), 4339-4351 [8MR]

Commodity Exchange: 50th anniversary, 18678 [12JY]

Conservation and Forestation Act: introduction (S. 2148), 34463 [18NO]

Conservation practices: reimbursement for application to acreage diversion program crops (S. 843), 5968, 5969 [17MR]

Consolidated Agricultural Adjustment Loan Act: introduction (S. 2057), 31038 [4NO]

Cotton Statistics and Estimates Act: amend (S. 2085), 32269 [11NO]

Critical Agricultural Materials Act: enact (H.R. 2733), 21113-21131 [27JY], 21309-21316 [28JY], 21808-21826 [1AU], 22452-22454 [3AU], 22811-22814, 22850 [4AU], 27802-27806 [7OC]

Dairy Adjustment and Stabilization Act: introduction (S. 1712), 21626 [29JY]

Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act: enact (S. 1529), 27221-27241 [5OC], 27465-27516 [6OC], 27775-27802 [7OC]

———enact (S. 1529), unanimous-consent agreement, 27229 [5OC]

Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act (H.R. 3385): conference report, 33920-33926 [17NO]

Dairy Farmer Protection Act: introduction (S. 1929), 27540 [6OC]

Dairy indemnity program: budget authority (S. Res. 18), 742 [26JA]

Dairy Price Amendments Act: introduction (S. 491), 2306 [16FE]

Dairy price support program: inequities, 1064 [27JA]

———issues, 14135 [26MY]

———modify (S. 498), 2313 [16FE]

———proposals, 400 [26JA]

Dairy price support programs: delay certain assessments (S. Res. 113), 8732 [15AP]

Dairy price supports: proposals (S. 1529), 32094 [10NO]

———temporarily suspend (S.J. Res. 149), 22515 [3AU], 23100 [4AU]

Dairy Production Act: enact (S. 1045), 10088 [27AP], 10365 [28AP]

———introduction (S. 1045), 8323-8325 [13AP]

Dairy products: inequitable assessment, 23066 [4AU]

Dairy Surplus Reduction Act: introduction (S. 509), 2441-2444 [17FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3223), 17919-17925, 17933-17947, 17950-17962 [29JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3223), unanimous-consent agreement, 17919 [29JN]

Dept. of State: establish Under Sec. for Agricultural Affairs (S. 534), 2498 [17FE]

Domestic Commodity Distribution and Food Assistance Act: enact (S. 17), 3434 [1MR]

———introduction (S. 17), 508 [26JA]

Drought: agricultural disaster assistance, 24595 [19SE]

———economic relief, 30389, 30392 [2NO]

———emergency assistance (S. Res. 220), 24467 [15SE]

———relief (S. 1895), 25874 [27SE]

Drought Relief Act: enact (S. 1949), 31324 [8NO]

———introduction (S. 1949), 27840-27845 [7OC]

———introduction (S. 1974), 28454 [19OC]

Economic sanctions: foreign policy tool, 5986 [17MR]

EEC: common agricultural policy modifications (S. Res. 233), 26390-26392 [29SE]

Eggs: regulations for handling (S. 1368), 13828 [25MY]

Egypt: sale of surplus dairy products, 22538 [3AU]

Emergency Agricultural Adjustment Act: introduction (S. 575), 2776 [23FE]

Emergency Agricultural Credit Act: enact (S. 24), 13108 [19MY], 15290 [9JN]

———introduction (S. 24), 522-525 [26JA]

Emergency Farm Relief Act: introduction (S. 124), 779 [26JA]

Emergency Farm Stabilization Act: enact (S. 99), 1318 [1FE]

Erodible land: prohibiting payments for commodities produced on (S. 663), 3793-3795 [3MR]

Estate tax: technical revisions (S. 1251), 11686-11689 [10MY]

Estate taxes: proposed increase, 13872 [25MY]

Export Administration Act: amend (S. 979), 29583 [27OC]

Extra-Long Staple Cotton Act: enact (H.R. 3190), 23102-23106 [4AU]

———introduction (S. 1548), 17418 [27JN]

Fair International Trade Act: introduction (S. 116), 755 [26JA]

Farm acreage base standards: modify (S. 682), 3834 [3MR]

Farm disaster emergency loan program: amend (S. 2064), 31293 [7NO]

Farm disaster lending for (S. 628), 3308 [1MR]

Farm Employer Rights Act: introduction (S. 458), 1725 [3FE]

Farm income: declining, 397 [26JA]

Farm legislation: floor management, 23108 [4AU]

———policy development process, 34650 [18NO]

———proposed, 34360 [18NO]

Farm loans: credit crisis, 8630 [14AP]

Farm policy and farm profits, 13516 [24MY]

Farm Truck Tax Exemption Act: introduction (S. 1596), 18497 [11JY]

Farmers: battle against inflation, 7251 [24MR]

———protect from warehouse bankruptcies (S. 1726), 22150 [2AU]

Farmers Home Administration: loan program, 11318 [5MY]

Farmers Home Administration Prompt Loan Review Act: introduction (S. 1639), 19666 [18JY]

Farmland Preservation Act: introduction (S. 1773), 22926 [4AU]

Farmland Protection Policy Act: amend (S. 2004), 29346-29351 [26OC]

Farms programs: announcement policy (S. 1865), 24914 [20SE]

Federal agricultural marketing agreements: recover costs (S. 1259), 11822 [11MY]

Federal Crop Insurance Prompt Payments Act: introduction (S. 1376), 13832 [25MY]

Federal Grain Storage Insurance Act: introduction (S. 550), 2650, 2653 [22FE]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend (H.R. 2785), 34366 [18NO]

———reauthorization (S. 1263), 11827 [11MY]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Reform Act: introduction (S. 1774), 22792 [4AU]

Federal Meat and Poultry Products Inspection Act: introduction (S. 593), 2931-2935 [24FE]

Food Safety Modernization Act: introduction (S. 1938), 27550 [6OC]

Food Stamp Act amendments: introduction (S. 1208), 10982 [4MY]

Foreign fire fighters: permit reimbursement (S. 1261), 11822 [11MY]

Foreign trade: adverse effect on agriculture of U.S. proposals to modify EEC policy (S. Res. 233), 29096 [25OC]

———agricultural export subsidies, 20399 [21JY]

———domestic impact of subsidized business, 27049-27051 [4OC]

Forests: construction of roads and trails (S. 1260), 11822 [11MY]

Fort Campbell, Ky.-Tenn.: land transfer (S. 1122), 9498 [21AP]

Fresh Vegetable and Potato Trade Act: introduction (S. 1836), 23813 [13SE]

Fruit and tree nuts: marketing orders, 24600 [19SE]

Grain agreements: long-term (S. Res. 175), 19422 [15JY]

Grain sales agreement: long term, 9228 [20AP]

Grain storage: uniform rates (S. 841), 5965 [17MR]

Grain Storage Compensation Act: introduction (S. 596), 2939 [24FE]

Harlan, Dan: tribute, 26400 [29SE]

Health and safety data: disclosure, 6659 [22MR]

High Plains States Ground Water Demonstration Program Act: introduction (S. 997), 7789 [7AP]

Highly Erodible Cropland Pilot Program Act: introduction (S. 2195), 34544 [18NO]

Highly Erodible Land Conservation Act: enact (S. 663), 34403-34412 [18NO]

Honey: duty rate on imported (S. 526), 2464 [17FE]

Honey loan program: effects of imports, 23781 [13SE]

Hunger: preventing, 13873 [25MY]

Imported items: duty entry amount (S. 1184), 10325 [28AP]

Impro Products, Inc.: patent relief (S. 1711), 21625 [29JY]

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: enact (H.R. 2785), discharge of committee, 31061 [4NO]

International Coffee Agreement: implement (S. 1847), 24455 [15SE]

———ratification, 20843 [26JY], 21084-21087 [27JY]

International Coffee Agreement Act: amend (H.R. 3813), 26597-26605, 26707 [30SE]

Japan: beef exports, 22827 [4AU]

———dismantle nontariff barriers to beef imports (S. Res. 225), 25250 [22SE]

Kansas: outstanding leaders, 6305 [21MR]

Loan programs: extend certain (S. 857), 6171 [18MR]

Long-term grain agreement with Soviet Union: relative to (S. Res. 95), 6302, 6303 [21MR]

Marketing research and promotion projects: authorize (H.R. 2590), 33647 [17NO]

Meat, poultry, and egg products: inspection (S. 1681), 20821 [26JY]

Military retirees: transportation of remains for burial (S. 496), 2313 [16FE]

Milk Producers Equity Act: introduction (S. 1449), 15435 [13JN]

Milk Program Improvement Act: introduction (S. 866), 6289, 6290 [21MR]

Milk protein products: limitation on imports (S. 1047), 8327 [13AP]

National Agriculture Day: designate (H.J. Res. 311), 34296 [18NO]

———designate (S.J. Res. 207), 34549 [18NO]

———observance, 6285, 6287, 6305, 6313, 6315 [21MR]

National Animal Agriculture Week: designate (S.J. Res. 77), 7676 [6AP], 19547 [16JY]

National Corn Week: designate (S.J. Res. 126), 18028 [29JN], 19548 [16JY]

National Dairy Equity Act: introduction (S. 658), 3503 [2MR]

National Ice Cream Day: designate (S. Res. 169), 17616 [28JN]

———designate (S.J. Res. 117), 16197 [16JN]

National Meals-on-Wheels and Congregate Meal Week: designate (S.J. Res. 183), 29021 [24OC]

National Meat Week: designate (S. Res. 238), 27286 [5OC]

———introduction (S. Res. 238), 27030 [4OC]

National Peanut Month: observance, 4468 [9MR]

National School Lunch Act: amend (H.R. 4091), 29142 [25OC], 29395 [26OC]

Native Latex Commercialization and Economic Development Act: introduction (S. 1393), 14101 [26MY]

New England: closing of agricultural cooperative service field office, 15928 [15JN]

Nontariff trade barriers: regarding beef (H.J. Res. 308), 30046-30047 [31OC]

Ogallala Aquifer Research and Development Act: introduction (S. 1656), 20359 [21JY]

Older Americans: surplus commodities, 25797 [26SE]

Operating loan funds: increase, 9227 [20AP]

Payment-in-Kind Amendments Act: introduction (S. 683), 3835 [3MR]

Payment-in-kind program: insure value of exchange, 1072 [27JA]

———issues, 30983 [4NO]

———issues and proposals, 22814 [4AU]

———proposals (S. 495), 2312 [16FE]

Payment-in-kind program (S. 274), 1115 [31JA]

Payment-in-Kind Tax Clarification Act: introduction (S. 527), 2464-2467 [17FE]

Payment-in-Kind Tax Exemption Act: introduction (S. 446), 1701 [3FE]

Payments in kind: legal rights of farmers, 18664 [12JY]

Peach and Apple Disaster Payment Act: introduction (S. 1492), 16194 [16JN]

Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act: amend (S. 2052), 31034-31037 [4NO]

Phosphate industry: treat certain heating of phosphate rock as mining (S. 1193), 10716 [3MY]

Potash industry: tribute, 31419 [8NO]

Poultry and egg industry: foreign export subsidies, 1747 [3FE]

Price support program: repeal mandatory (S. 1257), 11822 [11MY]

Prompt Payments Act: application toward poultry, 29820 [28OC]

Puerto Rico: repeal noncash benefit requirement of nutrition assistance program (H.R. 4252), 34363-34364 [18NO]

Rail transportation contracts: full disclosure (S. 2137), 34442 [18NO]

Rice farmers: effects of foreign export subsidies, 18927 [13JY]

Roses: rates of duty (S. 1296), 12614 [17MY]

Rural Enterprise Zone Act: introduction (S. 1228), 11402 [6MY]

Rural fire protection programs: funding (S. Res. 114), 8732 [15AP]

Rural water and waste disposal funds: shift to farm operating loan program, 10676 [3MY]

Santa Margarita project, California: authorize (S. 805), 5151 [14MR]

Shelterbelt Improvement Act: introduction (S. 1138), 9717 [26AP]

Small Business and Agricultural Trade Remedies Act: introduction (S. 50), 551-555 [26JA]

Soil and Water Conservation Incentives Act: introduction (S. 152), 837 [26JA]

Soil or water conservation expenditures: tax status (S. 2180), 34512, 34513 [18NO]

Soil Stewardship Week: observance, 12163, 12164 [12MY]

Soil tilth center: establish (S. 94), 643 [26JA]

Soviet Union: long term grain deal, 18047 [29JN]

———negotiate a long-term grain agreement (S. Res. 95), 7824 [7AP]

———U.S. grain sale, 22408 [3AU]

Soybean farmers: self-help programs, 15304 [9JN]

Special Cropland Conservation Act: introduction (S. 998), 7790-7792 [7AP]

Supplemental conservation payment-in-kind program: create (S. 1053), 8644 [14AP]

Surplus commodities: barter for defense stockpile materials (S. 1683), referral, 24832 [20SE]

Surplus dairy stocks: exchange needed strategic and critical materials (S. 1703), 21360 [28JY]

Surplus food: distribution program, 5282-5295 [15MR]

Target prices: freeze, 17897 [29JN], 23068 [4AU]

Target Prices and Wheat Program Act: enact, 25552-25555 [23SE]

Task Force on Agricultural Credit: establish (S. Res. 287), 34554, 34555 [18NO]

Tobacco: price support freeze (H.R. 3392), 18942-18946, 19073 [13JY], 19328 [14JY]

———price support freeze (H.R. 3392), unanimous-consent agreement, 18938 [13JY]

Tobacco Deregulation Act: enact, 11035 [4MY]

———introduction (S. 1179), 10308 [28AP]

Tomatoes: import restrictions (S. 1577), 18004 [29JN]

TVA: solutions to problems posed by the hydrilla plant, 20284 [21JY]

TVA national fertilizer program: impact, 12803 [18MY]

2-methyl, 4-chlorophenol: suspension of duty (S. 1123), 9499 [21AP]

U.S. trade policy, 28118 [18OC]

Under Secretary for Agricultural Affairs: creation of position, 25634 [23SE]

Uniform Commercial Code: application to agricultural buyers (S. 2190), 34541 [18NO]

Upper Mississippi River Management Act: introduction (S. 449), 1704 [3FE]

Water chestnuts and bamboo shoots: duty-free treatment (S. 1158), 10030 [27AP]

Water resources research: authorize (S. 684), 3836 [3MR]

West Virginia: proposals to combat black fly problem, 20284 [21JY]

Wheat and feed grains programs: proposals, 22828 [4AU]

Wheat program: payment-in-kind (H.R. 4072), 34659-34663 [18NO]

Wine Equity Act: introduction (S. 2182), 34531 [18NO]

Wyoming-Nebraska border: irrigation (S. 1590), 18018 [29JN]

Reports

Agricultural Land Conversion (excerpt), 11736 [10MY]

Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 3223), committee of conference, 29668-29673 [27OC]

Commercial Production and Distribution of Domestic Marihuana (H. Rept. 98-461), 30569 [2NO]

Dept. of Agriculture's Cheese Distribution (H. Rept. 98-445), 29674 [27OC]

Domestic Commodity Distribution and Food Assistance Act (S. 17), 5288-5292 [15MR]

Emergency Farm Credit Assistance, H.R. 1190 (excerpt), 9834 [27AP]

EEC and U.S. Factfinding Delegations: 21st meeting, 6081 [18MR]

Extra-Long Staple Cotton Act's Cost Estimate, CBO, 23103 [4AU]

Farm Program Decisions, 1980-83-The Road that Led to PIK (H. Rept. 98-456), 30335 [1NO]

Farmland Protection Policy Act Amendment (S. 2004): sundry environmental groups, 29346-29350 [26OC]

FCIC: Risk Management and Mismanagement (H. Rept. 98-443), 29459 [26OC]

Followup on Actions Needed To Protect Depositors at Federally Examined Grain Warehouses, GAO, 22150 [2AU]

Hunger in American Cities, U.S. Conference of Mayors (excerpt), 16040 [16JN]

Impact of Japanese Trade Barriers, Committee on Ways and Means (excerpt), 1561 [3FE]

Interagency Structure of Economic and Foreign Policy Decisionmaking, GAO, 18062-18064 [29JN]

International Trade, Council of Economic Advisers (excerpt), 1561 [3FE]

Irradiation of Food, American Council on Science and Health (excerpt), 18826 [12JY]

National Evaluation of School Nutrition Programs: Dept. of Agriculture, 11840-11842 [11MY]

No Net Cost Tobacco Program, Computation of Interest on CCC Loans, Ronald J. Points, GAO, 18944 [13JY]

Payment-in-Kind Equity for Cotton Producers: committee of conference (H.R. 3385), 33174-33187 [16NO]

Revised Estimates of Effects of Legislation Enacted During 1981 Affecting the Food Stamp and Child Nutrition Programs, CBO, 10984 [4MY]

Soil Tilth Centers (excerpts), 644 [26JA]

Statements

Agriculture Appropriations Conference Report: OMB, 30980 [4NO]

Agriculture as a Working Model of Industrial Policy, Dale E. Hathaway, 23758 [12SE]

Alternative Farm Programs: Representative Neal Smith, 34886-34887 [18NO]

Critical Agricultural Materials Act (H.R. 2733) (sundry excerpts), 21117 [27JY], 21818, 21819-21823 [1AU]

Cuts in Child Nutrition Programs (sundry), 29053 [28OC]

Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act (S. 1529) (sundry excerpts), 27485, 27491, 27493, 27497 [6OC]

Dairy Production Act, Elwood Kirkpatrick, 10088 [27AP]

Dairy Program, National Cattlemen's Association, 28195 [18OC]

Decline of Black Farming in America—Report Assessment, House Committee on Government Operations (supplemental views), 10859-10861 [3MY]

Definition of Highly Erodible Land (S. 663): Dept. of Agriculture, 34408 [18NO]

EEC Agricultural Policy, Sec. of Agriculture Block, 26392 [29SE]

Effect of U.S. Proposals To Modify EEC Policy (S. Res. 233): Senator Percy, 29096 [25OC]

Excessive payments in PIK program: unidentified Member of Congress, 30573 [2NO]

Farm Policy Proposal of Independent Bankers of America, 19535 [16JY]

Farmland Preservation Policy: Billie Bowles, 11735 [10MY]

———Frank Schnidman (excerpts), 11735 [10MY]

Food Assistance Programs, George Graham, 27421 [5OC]

Food Irradiation Technology: Representative Whitehurst, 34173 [18NO]

Grain Storage Elevator Bankruptcies: GAO (excerpt), 2650 [22FE]

Impact of the Armstrong Sodbuster Bill, 3794 [3MR]

Impediments to Greater Participation To Feed the Country's Poor, GAO, 7416 [24MR]

Macomb County, Mich., Food and Nutrition Education Program (sundry), 18372-18373, 18376 [30JN]

Milk Producers Equity Act (S. 1449), Pennsylvania Farmers' Association, 15437 [13JN]

Payment-in-Kind Program, 4196 [8MR]

Reduce the Loan Rates for Sugarcane and Sugar Beets (S. 788): Senator Quayle, 5011 [15MR]

Today's Technology Has Changed World of Science, Orville Bentley (excerpt), 8209 [12AP]

Trading Agricultural Options: CFTC, 32215 [10NO]

UN Food and Agricultural Organization Annual Conference: P. Grupper, 34877 [18NO]

Utilize Unused Storage Space to House the Homeless, 17673 [28JN]

Water Resources Research, 3837 [3MR]

Wheat Payment-In-Kind Program: Senator Dole (excerpts), 34660 [18NO]

Wine Tariff and Nontariff Barriers: Arthur Silverman, 34954 [14DE]

Studies

Critical Agricultural Materials Act (H.R. 2733): Bob Bergland (excerpt), 21313 [28JY]

Export Controls as Instruments of Foreign Policy, 12960 [18MY]

Japan Trade Restrictions, Center for the Study of American Business (excerpt), 1561 [3FE]

Soup Lines and Food Baskets—A Survey of Increased Participation in Emergency Food Programs: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 13800-13802 [25MY]

Summaries

Emergency Commodity Distribution Act, 4888 [10MR]

H.R. 3190, Extra-Long Staple Cotton Act, 23102 [4AU]

H.R. 3254, Pesticide Import and Export Act, 15080 [8JN]

H.R. 3385, Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act, 33921 [17NO]

H.R. 3409, Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act Amendments, 23557 [12SE]

H.R. 3746, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee Act, 22364 [2AU]

H.R. 4252, Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Program Extension, 34364 [18NO]

S. 14, Agricultural Market Expansion Act, 507 [26JA]

S. 17, Domestic Commodity Distribution and Food Assistance Act, 509 [26JA]

S. 24, Emergency Agricultural Credit Act, 523 [26JA]

S. 124, Emergency Farm Relief Act, 782 [26JA]

S. 575, Emergency Agricultural Adjustment Act, 2784 [23FE]

S. 1208, Food Stamp Act Amendments, 10988-10992 [4MY]

S. 1529, Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act, 27791 [7OC]

S. 1639, Farmers Home Administration Prompt Loan Review Act, 19667 [18JY]

S. 1643, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee Act, 19855 [20JY]

S. 1774, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Reform Act, 22798, 22801 [4AU]

S. 1913, Improvements in Child Nutrition Programs, 26701 [30SE]

S. 1949, Drought Relief Act, 27843 [7OC]

S. 2005, Agricultural Export Trade Equity Act, 29357 [26OC]

S. 2052, Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act amendment, 31037 [4NO]

Tables

Administrative site tracts (excess), 17239 [23JN]

Advertising expenditures for dairy products and other foods, 27232 [5OC]

Agriculture appropriations bill, 26181 [28SE]

Arkansas counties not declared drought disaster areas, 30390 [2NO]

Average error in Dept. of Agriculture forecasts of annual feed grain crop over past 20 years, 21973 [1AU]

Child nutrition program expenditures by Federally income-tested versus non-income-tested programs, 10992 [4MY]

Commodity inventory activity (selected data), 5288 [15MR]

Cost analysis for commodities' payment-in-kind program, 4341 [8MR]

Countries known to employ export subsidies, 20909 [26JY]

Critical Agricultural Materials Act (H.R. 2733), 27806 [7OC]

Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act (S. 1529), 27468, 27475 [6OC]

Dairy compliance program, 8323 [13AP]

Dairy program costs (sundry), 30355 [1NO], 31104, 31117, 31120, 31121 [7NO]

Dairy surplus reduction (sundry), 2442 [17FE]

Dept. of Agriculture, authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3223) (sundry), 17953-17955 [29JN]

Export prices for wheat—June 1983, 21314 [28JY]

Exports and the U.S. economy, jobs related to manufactured exports and value of agricultural exports, 1981, 20635 [25JY]

Extra-long staple cotton: estimated loan rates and outlays (sundry), 17419 [27JN]

Food stamp error rates by State, 10984 [4MY]

Funds for farmers loans (selected data), 9821 [27AP]

GAO cost estimates of PIK, 30984 [4NO]

Grazing fees, 17723 [28JN]

Highly erodible land (sundry), 34407 [18NO]

Payment-in-kind by crop, 33115 [16NO]

Percent farm value of retail food costs, 1982, 7251 [24MR]

Prices of U.S. commodities in Japan (sundry), 756 [26JA]

Purchases of surplus dairy products, 27232 [5OC]

Reagan's proposed program spending changes—fiscal year 1983 compared to fiscal year 1986 on an inflation adjusted basis, 1221 [1FE]

Revenue losses from repealing withholding—commodities payment-in-kind program, 4346 [8MR]

Selected consumer impact of alternative dairy price support policies, 31766 [9NO]

Soviet agriculture imports (sundry), 25954 [27SE]

Soviet grain purchases under the long-term agreement (1976-83), 6302 [21MR]

Soviet grain purchases under the long-term agreement (sundry), 13905 [25MY]

States affected by aquatic plants, 8821 [18AP]

Sugar support price comparison, Dept. of Agriculture, 22088 [1AU]

Thrifty food plan amounts—48 States and the District of Columbia, 10982 [4MY]

Top 30 States exporting agricultural products against whom retaliation will occur due to H.R. 1234, Fair Practices in Automotive Products Act, 30544 [2NO]

U.S. agriculture export embargoes, 25959 [27SE]

U.S. textile imports from Communist China, 21315 [28JY]

U.S.-People's Republic of China trade (sundry), 20398 [21JY]

Telegrams

Adjusting support of price of milk, Richard McGuire, 21627 [29JY]

Testimonies

1984 Feed Grains Program, William Lesher (excerpt), 21974 [1AU]

Tobacco Price Support Program, Representative McEwen, 10104 [27AP]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 136, opposition to expansion of cargo preference requirements, 17740 [28JN]

H. Res. 90, disapproval of proposed Dept. of Agriculture budget deferral, 4696 [10MR]

H. Res. 158, consideration of H.R. 1190, emergency credit assistance to farmers, 9814 [27AP]

H. Res. 195, privileges of the House concerning S. 144, to ensure expansion of international market opportunities, 12486 [17MY]

H. Res. 207, consideration of H.R. 1590, emergency food assistance to low-income and unemployed persons, 15128 [9JN]

H. Res. 322, EEC agricultural policy, 33495 [17NO]

H. Res. 355, consideration of H.R. 4196, Dairy Production Stabilization Act, 30925 [4NO]

H.J. Res. 311, National Agriculture Day, 24331 [15SE]

H.J. Res. 373, Frozen Food Day, 25986 [27SE]

H.R. 1024, defferal of certain Farmers Home Administration loans, 1077 [27JA]

H.R. 1146, equitable rates of duty on imported roses, 1229 [1FE]

H.R. 1190, Emergency Agricultural Credit Act, 1539 [2FE]

H.R. 1311, Emergency Agricultural Act, 1562 [3FE]

H.R. 1296, Payment-in-Kind Tax Treatment Act, 4189 [8MR]

H.R. 1402, Emergency Agricultural Assistance Act, 2088 [10FE], 9831 [27AP]

H.R. 1513, Emergency Commodity Distribution Act, 4887 [10MR]

H.R. 1541, revise rules establishing the payment-in-kind acreage diversion program for soybean farmers, 2405 [17FE]

H.R. 1544, penalties for food, drug, and cosmetic products tampering, 2563 [17FE]

H.R. 1590, Emergency Food Assistance and Commodity Distribution Act, 2830 [23FE]

H.R. 1604, amend dairy price support program, 3470 [1MR]

H.R. 1683, treatment of fees imposed on dairy products, 3073 [25FE]

H.R. 1749, study effects of interbasin water transfers, 3448 [1MR]

H.R. 2023, Domestic Commodity Distribution and Food Assistance Act, 4641 [9MR]

H.R. 2492, withholding tax for agricultural employees, 8209 [12AP]

H.R. 2566, Federal Reserve Board representation of agricultural and small business representatives, 8700 [14AP]

H.R. 2590, authorize marketing research and promotion projects for filberts, 21976 [1AU]

H.R. 2634, cash payments rather than payment-in-kind for crop diversion, 9315 [20AP]

H.R. 2733, Critical Agricultural Materials Act, 12469 [17MY]

H.R. 2765, automatic production controls, 10112 [27AP]

H.R. 2838, Dept. of the Interior assistance in forestation of public lands, 33057 [16NO]

H.R. 3008, target prices for 1984-85 crops of wheat, corn, upland cotton, and rice (excerpt), 12284 [12MY]

H.R. 3101, encourage production of gasohol, 14143 [26MY]

H.R. 3190, Extra-Long Staple Cotton Act, 17252 [27JN]

H.R. 3193, commodity surtax measure, 14399 [2JN]

H.R. 3385, upland cotton payment-in-kind program, 19556 [18JY]

H.R. 3392, tobacco price support levels, 18431 [11JY]

H.R. 3457, Soil Conservation Act, 18353-18354 [30JN]

H.R. 3564, announcement date of the 1984 crop feed grain program, 21970 [1AU]

H.R. 3564, early announcement of 1984 feed grain program, 19389 [14JY]

H.R. 3844, authorize resource conservation and cropland irrigation project in St. John River Basin, Maine, 23224 [4AU]

H.R. 3867, Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act amendments, 32721 [15NO]

H.R. 4072, Wheat Improvement Act, 33113 [16NO]

H.R. 4196, Dairy Production Stabilization Act, 31736 [9NO]

H.R. 4255, reducing duty on certain agricultural products, 29895 [28OC]

H.R. 4544, use of radiation as a postharvest treatment for food commodities, 34173 [18NO]

International Coffee Agreement, 21088 [27JY]

S. 14, Agricultural Market Expansion Act, 505 [26JA]

S. 17, Domestic Commodity Distribution and Food Assistance Act, 508 [26JA]

S. 18, Agricultural Export Expansion Act, 510 [26JA]

S. 24, Emergency Agricultural Credit Act, 523 [26JA]

S. 36, Agricultural Act, 567-568 [26JA]

S. 50, Small Business and Agricultural Trade Remedies Act, 553-554 [26JA]

S. 51, Cigarette Safety Act, 597 [26JA]

S. 94, establish soil tilth center, 644 [26JA]

S. 99, Emergency Farm Stabilization Act, 656 [26JA]

S. 100, Agriculture Free and Fair Trade Act, 2230 [15FE]

S. 116, Fair International Trade Act, 756 [26JA]

S. 124, Emergency Farm Relief Act, 780-782 [26JA]

S. 130, Agricultural Credit Improvement Act, 793 [26JA]

S. 152, Soil and Water Conservation Incentives Act, 837 [26JA]

S. 251, Agricultural Export Equity Act, 1028 [27JA]

S. 274, payment-in-kind program, 1072 [27JA], 1115 [31JA]

S. 448, Belle Fourche irrigation project reauthorization, 1703 [3FE]

S. 458, Farm Employer Rights Act, 1726 [3FE]

S. 490, Agricultural Commodity Donation Act, 2308 [16FE]

S. 495, payment-in-kind program, 2312 [16FE]

S. 496, transportation of remains of military retirees for burial, 2313 [16FE]

S. 510, financing agricultural imports, 2445 [17FE]

S. 526, duty rate on imported honey, 2464 [17FE]

S. 527, Payment-in-Kind Tax Clarification Act, 2466 [17FE]

S. 550, Federal Grain Storage Insurance Act, 2651-2653 [22FE]

S. 575, Emergency Agricultural Adjustment Act, 2777-2784 [23FE]

S. 593, Federal Meat and Poultry Products Inspection Act, 2932-2935 [24FE]

S. 596, Grain Storage Compensation Act, 2939 [24FE]

S. 628, farm disaster lending, 3309 [1MR]

S. 663, prohibiting payments for commodities produced on erodible land, 3794 [3MR]

S. 682, modify farm acreage base standards, 3835 [3MR]

S. 683, Payment-in-Kind Amendments Act, 3836 [3MR]

S. 684, authorize water resources research, 3836 [3MR]

S. 690, Agricultural Land Diversion Tax Treatment Act, 4068 [7MR]

S. 788, reduce the loan rates for sugarcane and sugar beets, 5013 [15MR]

S. 805, authorize Santa Margarita project, California, 5151 [14MR]

S. 841, uniform grain storage rates, 5965 [17MR]

S. 843, reimbursement for application of conservation practices to acreage diversion program crops, 5969 [17MR]

S. 857, extend certain loan programs, 6171 [18MR]

S. 866, Milk Program Improvement Act, 6290 [21MR]

S. 920, remove the expiration date of the Bureau of Land Management Grazing Advisory Boards, 7104 [24MR]

S. 997, High Plains States Ground Water Demonstration Program Act, 7789 [7AP]

S. 998, Special Cropland Conservation Act, 7791 [7AP]

S. 1053, create a supplemental conservation payment-in-kind program, 8645 [14AP]

S. 1122, Fort Campbell, Ky.-Tenn., land transfer, 9499 [21AP]

S. 1123, suspension of duty on 2-methyl, 4-chlorophenol, 9499 [21AP]

S. 1158, duty-free treatment of water chestnuts and bamboo shoots, 10030 [27AP]

S. 1179, Tobacco Deregulation Act, 10310 [28AP]

S. 1193, treat certain heating of phosphate rock as mining, 10717 [3MY]

S. 1208, Food Stamp Act amendments, 10986-10988 [4MY]

S. 1209, child nutrition program proposals, 10996-10998 [4MY]

S. 1228, Rural Enterprise Zone Act, 11403-11410 [6MY]

S. 1251, technical revisions of estate tax, 11689-11696 [10MY]

S. 1257, repeal mandatory price support program, 11822 [11MY]

S. 1258, improve programs for agricultural prices and production, 11823 [11MY]

S. 1259, recover costs of Federal agricultural marketing agreements, 11823 [11MY]

S. 1260, construction of roads and trails on forest lands, 11825 [11MY]

S. 1261, permit use and reimbursement of foreign fire fighters, 11826 [11MY]

S. 1263, reauthorize Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 11827 [11MY]

S. 1296, duty rates on roses, 12614 [17MY]

S. 1376, Federal Crop Insurance Prompt Payments Act, 13833 [25MY]

S. 1393, Native Latex Commercialization and Economic Development Act, 14101 [26MY]

S. 1439, Agricultural Disaster Payment-in-Kind Act, 15279 [9JN]

S. 1449, Milk Producers Equity Act, 15436 [13JN]

S. 1529, Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act, 27794-27801 [7OC]

S. 1548, Extra-Long Staple Cotton Act, 17418 [27JN]

S. 1577, import restrictions on tomatoes, 18004 [29JN]

S. 1590, irrigation along the Wyoming-Nebraska border, 18018 [29JN]

S. 1596, Farm Truck Tax Exemption Act, 18497 [11JY]

S. 1636, classification and duty rates on citrus products, 19664 [18JY]

S. 1639, Farmers Home Administration Prompt Loan Review Act, 19666 [18JY]

S. 1643, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee Act, 19854 [20JY]

S. 1656, Ogallala Aquifer Research and Development Act, 20359 [21JY]

S. 1681, meat, poultry, and egg products inspection, 20821 [26JY]

S. 1687, earlier announcement on certain agricultural programs, 21139 [27JY]

S. 1703, exchange needed strategic and critical materials for surplus dairy stocks, 21361 [28JY]

S. 1711, patent relief for Impro Products, Inc., 21626 [29JY]

S. 1712, Dairy Adjustment and Stabilization Act, 21893 [1AU]

S. 1726, protect farmers from warehouse bankruptcies, 22151 [2AU]

S. 1773, Farmland Preservation Act, 22926 [4AU]

S. 1774, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Reform Act, 22793-22798 [4AU]

S. 1813, Agribusiness Loan Act, 22979 [4AU]

S. 1836, Fresh Vegetable and Potato Trade Act, 23814 [13SE]

S. 1913, improvements in child nutrition programs, 26701 [30SE]

S. 1918, quarantine laws enforcement authority, 27027 [4OC]

S. 1929, Dairy Farmer Protection Act, 27540 [6OC]

S. 1938, Food Safety Modernization Act, 27551 [6OC]

S. 1949, Drought Relief Act, 27841-27843 [7OC]

S. 2004, Farmland Protection Policy Act amendment, 29350 [26OC]

S. 2005, Agricultural Export Trade Equity Act, 29356 [26OC]

S. 2052, Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act amendment, 31036 [4NO]

S. 2057, Consolidated Agricultural Adjustment Loan Act, 31039-31043 [4NO]

S. 2067, Carolinas Cotton Growers Association, Inc., damages determination, 31390 [8NO]

S. 2085, Cotton Statistics and Estimates Act amendments, 32269 [11NO]

S. 2179, improve acreage set-aside program, 34512 [18NO]

S. 2182, Wine Equity Act, 34531 [18NO]

S. 2190, application of Uniform Commercial Code to agricultural buyers, 34541 [18NO]

S. Con. Res. 20, emergency funds for Hawaii dairy farmers, 4697 [10MR]

S. Con. Res. 63, corrections in enrollment of H.R. 3190 to establish an improved program for extra-long staple cotton, 23205 [4AU]

S. Con. Res. 64, maintain integrity of agricultural marketing orders, 23007 [4AU]

S. Res. 18, budget authority for the dairy indemnity program, 742 [26JA]

S. Res. 45, treatment of payment-in-kind agricultural products, 1434 [2FE]

S. Res. 95, agricultural trade with the Soviet Union, 6302, 6303 [21MR], 13910 [25MY]

S. Res. 113, delay certain assessments on dairy price support programs, 8732 [15AP]

S. Res. 114, rural fire protection programs' funding, 8732 [15AP]

S. Res. 175, long-term grain agreements, 19422 [15JY]

S. Res. 203, commend the Alabama Dept. of Agriculture and Industries, 22863 [4AU]

S. Res. 220, emergency assistance for drought losses, 24466 [15SE]

S. Res. 225, dismantle nontariff barriers to Japanese beef imports, 25251 [22SE]

S. Res. 233, modifications in EEC's common agricultural policy, 26390 [29SE], 29871 [28OC]

S. Res. 238, designate National Meat Week, 31906 [10NO]

S. Res. 287, Task Force on Agricultural Credit, 34554 [18NO]

S.J. Res. 77, National Animal Agriculture Week, 7677 [6AP], 19547 [16JY], 20659 [25JY]

S.J. Res. 81, designate World Food Day, 9471 [21AP]

S.J. Res. 126, National Corn Week, 18028 [29JN], 19548 [16JY]

S.J. Res. 149, temporary suspension of dairy price supports, 22515 [3AU], 23102 [4AU], 23205 [4AU]

S.J. Res. 183, National Meals-On-Wheels and Congregate Meal Week, 31906 [10NO]