§ 1442. — Price support and acreage requirements for corn and other feed grains.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC1442]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 35A--PRICE SUPPORT OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
SUBCHAPTER II--BASIC AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
Sec. 1442. Price support and acreage requirements for corn and
other feed grains
(a) Conditions of eligibility
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever base acreages
are in effect for corn, the Secretary shall require, as a condition of
eligibility for price support on corn, that the producer (1) devote an
acreage of cropland (tilled in normal rotation), at the option of the
producer, to either the acreage reserve program for corn or the
conservation reserve program, equal to 15 per centum of such producer's
farm base acreage for corn, and (2) not exceed such farm base acreage
for corn: Provided, That price support may be made available to any
producer who does not meet the foregoing requirements at such level, not
in excess of the level of price support to producers who meet such
requirements, as the Secretary determines will facilitate the effective
operation of the price support program. Corn acreage allotments shall
not be effective for the 1956 crop.
(b) Referendum of producers of corn
Not later than December 15, 1956, the Secretary shall conduct a
referendum of producers of corn in 1956 in the commercial corn-producing
area to determine whether such producers favor a price-support program
as provided in subsection (c) of this section for the 1957 and
subsequent crops in lieu of acreage allotments as provided in the
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended [7 U.S.C. 1281 et seq.],
and price support as provided in section 1441 of this title.
(c) Restriction on acreage allotment of corn; price support level
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if two-thirds or more of
the producers voting in the referendum conducted pursuant to subsection
(b) of this section favor a price-support program as provided in this
subsection, no acreage allotment of corn shall be established for the
commercial corn-producing area for any county, or for any farm, with
respect to the 1957 and subsequent crops, and price support made
available for such crops by Commodity Credit Corporation shall be at
such level as the Secretary determines will assist producers in
marketing corn in the normal channels of trade but not encourage the
uneconomic production of corn.
(d) Price support level for 1956 and 1957 crops of grain sorghums,
barley, rye, oats, and corn
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, (1) the level of price
support for the 1956 crop of grain sorghums, barley, rye, and oats,
respectively, shall be 76 per centum of the parity price for the
commodity as of May 1, 1956, (2) the level of price support for corn
produced outside the commercial corn-producing area, for any crop for
which base acreages are in effect (except as provided in (3) below),
shall be 82\1/2\ per centum of the level of price support for corn in
the commercial corn-producing area to producers complying with acreage
limitations, and (3) if price support is made available for the 1957
crop of corn in the commercial corn-producing area to producers not
complying with acreage limitations, price support shall be made
available for the 1957 crop of grain sorghums, barley, rye, oats, and
corn produced outside the commercial corn-producing area, respectively,
at a level, not less than 70 per centum of the parity price as of the
beginning of the marketing year, determined by the Secretary to be fair
and reasonable in relation to the level at which price support is made
available for corn in the commercial corn-producing area to producers
not complying with acreage limitations, taking into consideration the
normal price relationships between such commodity and corn in the
commercial area, the feed value of such commodity in relation to corn,
the supply of such commodity in relation to the demand therefor, and the
ability to dispose of stocks of such commodity acquired through price
support programs.
(May 28, 1956, ch. 327, title III, Sec. 308, 70 Stat. 206.)
References in Text
The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, referred to in
subsec. (b), is act Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, 52 Stat. 31, as amended,
which is classified principally to chapter 35 (Sec. 1281 et seq.) of
this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
section 1281 of this title and Tables.
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Agricultural Act of 1956, and not
as part of the Agricultural Act of 1949 which is classified principally
to this chapter. For complete classification of the 1949 Act to the
Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1421 of this title and
Tables.
Referendum of Producers of Corn
The referendum provided for in subsec. (b) of this section was held
on Dec. 11, 1956, and the required two-thirds vote was not obtained in
favor of the price support program provided for in subsec. (c) of this
section. See 22 F.R. 480.