Sentence examples for programs for commodity from inspiring English sources

The decision is the latest case in which federal courts have issued conflicting rulings on government-sponsored programs for commodity promotions that are financed by farmers.

Representative Charles W. Stenholm, Democrat of Texas, which is home to some of the country's largest peanut farms, said that he and his fellow House conferees would cut money for food stamps and conservation programs rather than reduce subsidy programs for commodity crops like corn, wheat and peanuts.

California has 47 promotion programs for commodities produced in the state.

The USDA oversees many industry-based checkoff programs for commodities such as eggs or almonds, but this would be the first to apply across a broad array agricultural products.

These reforms include land lease programs for nontraditional commodity production, long-term transferable land permits, landowner compensation for regulated endangered species property, and performance-based (as opposed to technology-based) water and air pollution laws.

Acting under this legislation the Secretary of Agriculture has established a large number of market stabilization programs for agricultural commodities moving in interstate commerce in various parts of the country, including seven affecting California crops.

In contrast, the "impact reports" created by Fair Trade USA, which are available on their home page, are a series of documents that merely describe the nature and scope of the fair-trade programs for various commodities.

The program committee is required, § 15, to formulate a proration marketing program for the commodity produced in the zone, which the Commission is authorized to approve after a public hearing and a finding that 'the program is reasonably calculated to carry out the objectives of this act.' The Commission may, if so advised, modify the program and approve it as modified.

I was under secretary at the Department of Agriculture and responsible for commodity programs when "direct payments" were introduced for wheat, corn and cotton in the 1960s to offset big cuts in market price supports, which had made our farm exports noncompetitive.

Even with that critical change, a floor price (below which farmers receive payments from the government) and a more robust crop insurance program for certain commodities will still mean that farmers narrowly concentrate on corn and soybeans in the Midwest.

They are part of a vast marketing program for agricultural commodities.