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Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60

§611 “basic Agricultural Commodity” Defined; Exclusion of Commodities

Title 7 › Chapter 26— AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT › Subchapter III— COMMODITY BENEFITS › § 611

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines which farm products count as "basic agricultural commodities" for this chapter. It includes common crops and livestock such as wheat, rye, flax, barley, cotton, field corn, grain sorghums, rice, potatoes, tobacco, sugar beets and sugarcane, peanuts, hogs, cattle, and milk and milk products, and any regional types, classes, or grades of those items. The Secretary of Agriculture can temporarily remove any listed commodity or type if, after investigating and giving notice and a hearing to people affected, he finds that how it is produced, sold, or used makes the chapter impossible to apply. Potatoes means all varieties in the species Solanum tuberosum.

Full Legal Text

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.

Legislative History

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Amendments

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”.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 611

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60