Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 7 : Section 1741


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/03/05
Section 1741. Maximum and minimum quantities for set-aside; "commodity set-aside" defined

      The Commodity Credit Corporation shall, as rapidly as the
    Secretary of Agriculture shall determine to be practicable, set
    aside within its inventories not more than the following maximum
    quantities and not less than the following minimum quantities of
    agricultural commodities or products thereof heretofore or
    hereafter acquired by it from 1954 and prior years' crops and
    production in connection with its price support operations:



                 Commodity                    Maximum          Minimum  
                                              quantity        quantity  
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    Wheat (bushels)                          500,000,000     400,000,000
    Upland cotton (bales)                      4,000,000       3,000,000
    Cottonseed oil (pounds)                  500,000,000               0
    Butter (pounds)                          200,000,000               0
    Nonfat dry milk solids (pounds)          300,000,000               0
    Cheese (pounds)                          150,000,000               0
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      Such quantities shall be known as the "commodity set-aside".



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