7 U.S.C. § 1379a: Legislative findings

Summary

It requires controlling the price of wheat used for food at home and sold abroad. Wheat is a major food and export crop, and most of it moves between states or to other countries. Very low prices hurt farmers’ ability to buy other things and leave them worse off than other workers. Federal help is needed because farmers alone cannot stop prices from falling, so price controls are needed to help them get fair returns.

Title 7, §1379a

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Wheat, in addition to being a basic food, is one of the great export crops of American agriculture and its production for domestic consumption and for export is necessary to the maintenance of a sound national economy and to the general welfare. The movement of wheat from producer to consumer, in the form of the commodity or any of the products thereof, is preponderantly in interstate and foreign commerce. Unreasonably low prices of wheat to producers impair their purchasing power for nonagriculture products and place them in a position of serious disparity with other industrial groups. The conditions affecting the production of wheat are such that without Federal assistance, producers cannot effectively prevent disastrously low prices for wheat. It is necessary, in order to assist wheat producers in obtaining fair prices, to regulate the price of wheat used for domestic food and for exports in the manner provided in this part.

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Inapplicability of Section Section inapplicable to 2014 through 2018 crops of covered commodities, cotton, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning Feb. 7, 2014, through Dec. 31, 2018, see section 9092(a)(3) of this title. Section inapplicable to 2008 through 2012 crops of covered commodities, peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning

June 18, 2008, through Dec. 31, 2012, see section 8782(a)(3) of this title. Section inapplicable to 2002 through 2007 crops of covered commodities, peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning

May 13, 2002, through Dec. 31, 2007, see section 7992(a)(3) of this title. Section inapplicable to 1996 through 2001 crops of loan commodities, peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning Apr. 4, 1996, and ending Dec. 31, 2002, see section 7301(a)(1)(H) of this title.

§1379a Legislative Findings

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Title 7, §1379a

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