7 U.S.C. § 1441a
Cost of production study and establishment of current national weighted average cost of production
United States · Title 7 — AGRICULTURE · Status: effective
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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
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Agriculture and Food Act of 1981House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally