AGRICULTURAL MARKET TRANSITION ACT

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: prevent implementation of parity payments and certain marketing quotas, reduce payments under production flexibility contracts, and shorten duration of such payments (see H.R. 328), H267 [19JA]

———provide a safety net for producers by reducing costs and reforming procedures associated with crop insurance (see S. 629), S2729 [16MR]

———provide a variant of loan deficiency payments to producers who are otherwise eligible for such payments, but who elect to use acreage planted with the eligible commodity for the grazing of livestock (see H.R. 2772), H7883 [5AU]

———provide compensation for loss markets to farm owners and producers who have entered into production flexibility contracts (see H.R. 2568), H6018 [20JY]

———provide support for U.S. producers that is equal to support provided agricultural producers by the European Union (see S. 1436), S9224 [26JY]

———reform the marketing loan program, expand land enrollment under the conservation reserve program, and maintain foreign trade opportunities for commodities (see H.R. 1299), H1799 [25MR]

———restore and improve the farmer owned reserve program and extend the term of marketing assistance loans made under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (see H.R. 2704), H7025 [4AU]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit the discounting of loan deficiency payments for club wheat and compensate producers who received such discounted payments erroneously (see S. 428), S1643 [12FE] (see H.R. 734), H643 [11FE]

———regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets (see S. 1118), S5954 [25MY]

———treatment of commodity producers relative to storage charges in the calculation of loan deficiency payments (see S. 127), S341 [19JA]

Federal aid programs: eliminate limitation on loan rates for marketing assistance loans (see H.R. 1468), H2132 [15AP]

———extend the term of marketing assistance loans (see S. 1635), S11430 [24SE]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: repeal (see S. 916), S4432 [29AP]

Production flexibility contracts: extend authority for the required advance payments (see H.R. 2395), H5178 [30JN]

Letters

Farm Income and Trade Equity Act: Adolph Feyereisen, North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives, S9231 [26JY]

———Cornelius P. Grant, North Dakota Rural Development Council, S9232 [26JY]

———Doug Dukart, Milk Producers Association of North Dakota, Inc., S9231 [26JY]

———James D. Schlosser, North Dakota Bankers Association, S9232 [26JY]

———Mark Birdsall, U.S. Durum Growers Association, S9231 [26JY]

———Mike Zimmerman, North Dakota School Boards Association, Inc., S9232 [26JY]

———Ralph Danuser, North Dakota National Farmers Organization, S9231 [26JY]

———Ray Fegley, American Renewable Oil Association, S9231 [26JY]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: provide compensation for loss markets to farm owners and producers who have entered into production flexibility contracts (H.R. 2568), H6380 [26JY], H6951 [3AU]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: provide a safety net for producers by reducing costs and reforming procedures associated with crop insurance (S. 629), S2771 [16MR], S2969 [18MR]

———provide support for U.S. producers that is equal to support provided agricultural producers by the European Union (S. 1436), S9230-S9233 [26JY], S10068 [3AU], S13731 [3NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit sugar program funding other than for marketing assessments, S10155-S10163 [4AU]

———prohibit the discounting of loan deficiency payments for club wheat and compensate producers who received such discounted payments erroneously (S. 428), S1649 [12FE]

———regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets (S. 1118), S5959, S5960 [25MY]

———treatment of commodity producers relative to storage charges in the calculation of loan deficiency payments (S. 127), S556 [19JA]

Federal aid programs: extend the term of marketing assistance loans (S. 1635), S11431 [24SE]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: repeal (S. 916), S4445 [29AP]

Resolutions by organizations

Farm Income and Trade Equity Act: Central Power Electric Cooperative, S9232 [26JY]

———Midwestern Legislative Conference, S9232 [26JY]

———Square Butte Electric Cooperative, S9232 [26JY]

Texts of

S. 127, treatment of commodity producers relative to storage charges in the calculation of loan deficiency payments, S557 [19JA]

S. 428, prohibit the discounting of Dept. of Agriculture loan deficiency payments for club wheat and compensate producers who received such discounted payments erroneously, S1649 [12FE]

S. 1118, regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets, S5960 [25MY]