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CED-77-57 1 (1977-04-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaacdf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: C F -)-7 7_-5 REPORT TO THE CONGRESS BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES New Approach Needed To Control Production Of Major Crops If Surpluses Again Occur Department of Agriculture During the 1971-73 crop years, the Com- modity Credit Corporation paid farmers $7.6 billion to set aside, or not farm, cropland. This was to prevent excessive supplies of wheat, feed grains, and cotton from accumu- lating. This was only partly effective in re- ducing production primarily because some cropland, which would have been set aside anyway as a normal farming practice--summer fallow--was allowed by the Department of Agriculture to qualify for Federal payment. About $800 million was paid for setting aside wheat land that would not have been farmed anyway. Because stocks of major crops could again be- come excessive, the Secretary of Agriculture should develop a legislative and administrative proposal, considering the summer fallow prac- tice, to control production of crops that may become too plentiful. CE--7 7 A L 1 P N/ / ~ , -~ ;, -f ~ APRIL 25, 1977 CED-77-57 LM101882

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