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Texas Agriculture Archive

March 7, 2003

Commission seeks public
input on payment limits

The newly established Commission on the Application of Payment Limitations for Agriculture is seeking written comments from the public as it studies the potential impacts of further payment limitations on agricultural producers and others.

The 2002 farm bill created the commission to study the effects of limitations on the receipt of direct payments, counter-cyclical payments, loan deficiency payments and marketing loan gains by producers and other entities. The commission may also make recommendations, which may include the feasibility of improving the application and effectiveness of payment limitations.

The Federal Register Notice detailing the key issues can be accessed via the Farm Service Agency's homepage at http://www.fsa.usda.gov. Comments must be received in writing by March 24. The commission is to report the results of its study to the president and the Senate and House Agriculture Committees by May 13.

The American Farm Bureau Federation is opposed to payment limitations in national farm policy.