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RCED-95-93R 1 (1995-02-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacktd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: United States GAO General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-260185 February 21, 1995 The Honorable Richard G. Lugar Chairman The Honorable Patrick J. Leahy Ranking Minority Member Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry United States Senate To determine what changes the food and agriculture sector would like to see incorporated into the 1995 farm bill, your Committee surveyed commodity groups, agribusinesses, economists and consultants, environmental organizations, and academia. At your request, we categorized and summarized the responses to the Committee's survey to determine whether any major issues or themes emerged from the respondents' suggestions or approaches. In summary, our review of the 135 responses to the survey showed that desired changes to the upcoming farm bill were concentrated in four major areas: (1) environment and conservation, (2) commodity programs, (3) agricultural trade, and (4) research and education. We have summarized the key issues and changes the respondents identified in each of these four areas. Generally, the respondents said that major changes to the farm bill should be phased in over time to lessen any adverse impact. It is important to note that the suggested changes discussed in this letter and in enclosure 1--which presents more details of the responses--reflect the opinions of the respondents and are not based on any independent work we have conducted. We have, however, issued a number of products over the past 5 years that are related to the four areas discussed in this correspondence. Enclosure 2 contains abstracts of the contents of these products. Environment and Conservation The largest number of suggested changes concerned environment and conservation. Of the 188 suggested changes discussed by the respondents to the survey, 52 dealt with GAO/RCED-95-93R, Farm Bill Issues /37? 57-

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