To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to treat certain planted soybean crops as harvested commodity crops under the Market Facilitation Program.
- Last Action
- 3/7/2019
Actions
- 2019-03-07Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
- 2019-02-14Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- 2019-02-14Introduced in House
- 2019-02-14Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-02-14 (00)
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to treat a soybean crop as an eligible crop for payments under the Market Facilitation Program (MFP) if market conditions have discouraged or prevented a producer of a soybean crop from harvesting the crop or entering the crop into the stream of commerce.
(The MFP provides payments to producers with commodities that have been significantly impacted by actions of foreign governments resulting in the loss of traditional exports.)
Cosponsors (5)
- Ron Estes (R-KS)
- Trent Kelly (R-MS)
- Michael Guest (R-MS)
- Ted Yoho (R-FL)
- Garret Graves (R-LA)
Subjects
- Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
- Agricultural trade
- Tariffs
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