A bill to establish the farm and crop acreage base and program yield system to provide more efficient, equitable, flexible and predictable programs for farmers.
Agricultural Efficiency and Equity Act of 1983 - Title I: Acreage Base and Program Yield System - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to establish farm acreage and crop acreage bases for each program crop based on the preceding five crop years. Permits producer crop acreage base adjustment. Requires program participation in order to receive price support assistance. Sets forth exceptions.
Requires the Secretary to provide for a farm program yield for each crop based on the preceding five years.
Sets forth related county committee recordkeeping responsibilities.
Title II: Price-Support Levels for Program Crops - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide: (1) that price supports for peanuts for which marketing quotas have been disapproved shall be 50 percent of parity; and (2) no supports for tobacco for which marketing quotas have been disapproved.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to Subcommittee on Cotton, Rice, and Sugar.
Referred to Subcommittee on Tobacco and Peanuts.
Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains.
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Committee Hearings Held.
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