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RCED-84-159 1 (1984-08-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabesj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I\LLLh9ULU ;i- r, PC' ,j NO uw) 1'... , o 0-- t i o BY ' I US, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Honorable Berkley Bedell House Of Representatives Department Of Agriculture Is Using Improved Payment Procedures For Its 1984 Farm Programs Farmers participating in the Department of Agricul- ture's price support programs receive payments for taking portions of their cropland out of production These programs stabilize farm commodity prices and farm incomes by controlling production In 1983 such payments were over $10 billion This report responds to questions raised by Con- gressman Berkley Bedell on the procedures the Department uses in determining the amount of payment an individual farmer receives GAO's review in two states- -Nebraska and Texas--shows that the Department could have improved its payment pro- cedures in 1983 For example, in Nebraska, payments to corn farmers would have been from $19 4 million to $43 2 million less if the Department had based payment computations on the expected crop yield of the land actually taken out of production instead of on a farm's previous planting practices However, during GAO's review, the Department revised its procedures so that 1984 farm program payments will be based on expected crop yields of land actually taken out of production 124906 M U, GAO/RCED-84-159 ')c -7qi AUGUST 6, 1984

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