A bill to establish an incentive program for producers to cull dairy cattle.
Dairy Herd Reduction Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service and the Commodity Credit Corporation, to make incentive payments to any qualified dairyman of 15 cents per pound with respect to: (1) any dairy cow which such person markets and delivers for slaughter; and (2) any bred dairy heifer or dairy cow exported. Limits the number of animals for which such payments may be made to those in excess of 12 percent but not more than 25 percent of the average number of dairy cows which the dairyman owns on April 1, 1978.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
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