Problems of Flue-cured Tobacco Farmers: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Agricultural Production, Marketing, and Stabilization of Prices of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, March 30, 1977U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977 - 71 pages |
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acreage acreage-poundage adjustment Agricultural Marketing Service Agriculture allotment American Farm Bureau burley tobacco buyers cents a pound cents per pound Chairman changes cigarettes Clemson University Commodity Credit Corporation competitive CONGRESS THE LIBRARY cost countries crop cured tobacco demand domestic down-stalk tobacco economic EDWARD ZORINSKY Flue flue-cured leaf Flue-cured tobacco farmers Flue-cured tobacco program foreign Georgia Tobacco HILL important increase inventory JESSE HELMS Kiger Leaf Tobacco legislation LIBRARY OF CONGRES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS loan rates loan stocks lower stalk grades marketing quota marketing season million pounds North Carolina poundage price support formula price support level price support program primings problem protectionism receipts recommend reduced sell Senator DOLE Senator HELMS Senator HUDDLESTON Senator STONE Stabilization probably stabilization's statement subcommittee support price Thank Tobacco Association Tobacco Company tobacco economy tobacco growers tobacco industry tobacco production U.S. exports U.S. Flue-cured tobacco U.S. SENATOR U.S. tobacco USDA VOIGT WORTHINGTON
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Page 6 - provides that appropriate adjustments may be made in the support price for any commodity for differences in grade, type, staple, quality, location, and other
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Page 42 - The subcommittee stands in recess. [Whereupon, at 12:30 pm, the subcommittee recessed, to reconvene at 2 pm] AFTERNOON SESSION Senator
Page 5 - am William L. Lanier, Director, Tobacco and Peanut Division, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, US Department of Agriculture. I have with me
Page 9 - the lower position of the stalk normally contain more sand or dirt than those from higher stalk positions.
Page 24 - We thank you again for giving us this opportunity to express our views, and I will be happy to answer
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Page 11 - Chairman, that concludes my prepared statement. I will be glad to try to respond to any questions. Senator