§611 — Title 7 Agriculture | U.S. Code

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Names which farm products count as a "basic agricultural commodity": wheat, rye, flax, barley, cotton, field corn, grain sorghums, hogs, cattle, rice, potatoes, tobacco, sugar beets and sugarcane, peanuts, and milk and its products, including any regional or market classification, type, or grade of these. The Secretary of Agriculture can remove any listed commodity or any of its classifications, types, or grades from this chapter for any time if, after investigating and after giving notice and a chance for a hearing to interested parties, the Secretary finds that how the commodity is produced, marketed, and consumed makes the chapter impossible to administer effectively to carry out its policy. "Potatoes" means all varieties of the species Solanum tuberosum.

Title 7, §611

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As used in this chapter, the term “basic agricultural commodity” means wheat, rye, flax, barley, cotton, field corn, grain sorghums, hogs, cattle, rice, potatoes, tobacco, sugar beets and sugarcane, peanuts, and milk and its products, and any regional or market classification, type, or grade thereof; but the Secretary of Agriculture shall exclude from the operation of the provisions of this chapter, during any period, any such commodity or classification, type, or grade thereof if he finds, upon investigation at any time and after due notice and opportunity for hearing to interested parties, that the conditions of production, marketing, and consumption are such that during such period this chapter can not be effectively administered to the end of effectuating the declared policy with respect to such commodity or classification, type, or grade thereof. As used in this chapter, the term “potatoes” means all varieties of potatoes included in the species Solanum tuberosum.

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1935—Act Aug. 24, 1935, inserted “, potatoes” after “rice” and last sentence defining potatoes. 1934—Act May 9, 1934, inserted “, sugar beets and sugarcane” after “tobacco”. Act Apr. 7, 1934, inserted “, cattle” after “hogs”, “, peanuts” after “tobacco”, “, rye, flax, barley” after “wheat”, and “, grain sorghums” after “field corn”.

§611 “Basic agricultural commodity” defined; exclusion of commodities

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Title 7, §611

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