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Title 7 — Agriculture

Chapter 35A — Price Support of Agricultural Commodities

§ 1441a. Cost of production study and establishment of current national weighted average cost of production

Statutory text

The Secretary of Agriculture, in cooperation with the land grant colleges, commodity organizations, general farm organizations, and individual farmers, shall conduct a cost of production study of the wheat, feed grain, cotton, and dairy commodities under the various production practices and establish a current national weighted average cost of production. This study shall be updated annually and shall include all typical variable costs, including interest costs, a return on fixed costs, and a return for management.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Agricultural Act of 1970

    Pub. L. 91–524 title VIII § 808 · 84 Stat. 1358

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 1441a

    Pub. L. 91–524, title VIII, § 808, as added Pub. L. 93–86, § 1(27)(B), Aug. 10, 1973, 87 Stat. 237

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 91–524, title VIII, § 808, as added Pub. L. 93–86, § 1(27)(B), Aug. 10, 1973, 87 Stat. 237

  2. Agriculture and Food Act of 1981

    Pub. L. 97–98 title XI § 1117 · 95 Stat. 1213

    1. Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 1441a

      Pub. L. 97–98 inserted “including interest costs,” after “variable costs,”

    2. Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 1441a

      Pub. L. 97–98 substituted “, and a return for management” for “equal to the existing interest rates charged by the Federal Land Bank, and return for management comparable to the normal management fees charged by other comparable industries”

    3. Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 1441a

      Pub. L. 97–98 struck out provision that these studies be based upon the size unit that requires one man to farm on a full-time basis

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 97–98 inserted “including interest costs,” after “variable costs,”, substituted “, and a return for management” for “equal to the existing interest rates charged by the Federal Land Bank, and return for management comparable to the normal management fees charged by other comparable industries”, and struck out provision that these studies be based upon the size unit that requires one man to farm on a full-time basis.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 1117. cost of production study Section 808 of the Agricultural Act of 1970 (7 U.S.C. 1441a) is amended by— (1) adding after the phrase “all typical variable costs,” the following: “including interest costs,”; and (2) striking out “equal to the existing interest rates charged by the Federal Land Bank, and return for management comparable to the normal management fees charged by other comparable industries. These studies shall be based upon the size unit that requires one man to farm on a full-time basis.” and inserting in lieu thereof “, and a return for management.”.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 97–98 effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97–98, set out as an Effective Date note under section 4301 of this title.

3 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Agricultural Act of 1970 as added by the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973, 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.

Amendments

1981—Pub. L. 97–98 inserted “including interest costs,” after “variable costs,”, substituted “, and a return for management” for “equal to the existing interest rates charged by the Federal Land Bank, and return for management comparable to the normal management fees charged by other comparable industries”, and struck out provision that these studies be based upon the size unit that requires one man to farm on a full-time basis.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 97–98 effective , see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97–98, set out as an Effective Date note under section 4301 of this title.

Credits

1973–1981 · 2 acts
  1. 1973Pub. L. 91–524, title VIII, § 808, as added Pub. L. 93–86, § 1(27)(B), , 87 Stat. 237
  2. 1981amended Pub. L. 97–98, title XI, § 1117, , 95 Stat. 1271.
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(Pub. L. 91–524, title VIII, § 808, as added Pub. L. 93–86, § 1(27)(B), , 87 Stat. 237; amended Pub. L. 97–98, title XI, § 1117, , 95 Stat. 1271.)

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