Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-110
§1741 Maximum and Minimum Quantities for Set-aside; “commodity Set-aside” Defined
Title 7 › CHAPTER 42 — AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY SET-ASIDE › § 1741
Summary
The Commodity Credit Corporation must, as quickly as the Secretary of Agriculture decides is practical, set aside from its inventories of 1954 and prior years' crops used in price support operations the following amounts: wheat 500,000,000/400,000,000 bushels (max/min); upland cotton 4,000,000/3,000,000 bales; cottonseed oil 500,000,000/0 pounds; butter 200,000,000/0 pounds; nonfat dry milk solids 300,000,000/0 pounds; cheese 150,000,000/0 pounds. These amounts are called the "commodity set-aside."
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §1741
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The Commodity Credit Corporation shall, as rapidly as the Secretary of Agriculture shall determine to be practicable, set aside within its inventories not more than the following maximum quantities and not less than the following minimum quantities of agricultural commodities or products thereof heretofore or hereafter acquired by it from 1954 and prior years’ crops and production in connection with its price support operations:
Commodity | Maximum quantity | Minimum quantity
Wheat (bushels) | 500,000,000 | 400,000,000
Upland cotton (bales) | 4,000,000 | 3,000,000
Cottonseed oil (pounds) | 500,000,000 | 0
Butter (pounds) | 200,000,000 | 0
Nonfat dry milk solids (pounds) | 300,000,000 | 0
Cheese (pounds) | 150,000,000 | 0
Such quantities shall be known as the “commodity set-aside”.
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Short Title
Act Aug. 28, 1954, enacting section 397, 1446b and 1446c of this title, this chapter, chapters 43 and 44 of this title, and section 590h–3 of Title 16, Conservation, and amending section 602, 608c, 608e–1, 1301, 1326–1330, 1332, 1334–1335, 1340, 1344, 1371, 1374, 1421, 1428, 1441, 1446, 1446d of this title and section 590h and 590o of Title 16, Conservation, is popularly known as the “Agricultural Act of 1954”.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 1741
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Sep 23, 2026
Release point: 119-110