Preparation for the 1990 Farm Bill: Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, First Session, on the Administration Views Concerning the 1990 Farm Bill, 9. daļaU.S. Government Printing Office, 1991 |
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1990 farm bill adjustments administrative AFDC Agriculture American School Food areas ASFSA billion pounds bonus commodities budget butter CCC purchases Chairman cheese child nutrition child support enforcement committee Commodity Credit Corporation CONGRESS THE LIBRARY consumer continue dairy farmers dairy industry dairy policy dairy price support dairy products dairy program dry milk elderly eligible families fiscal fluid milk Food Assistance Program food stamp benefits food stamp households Food Stamp Program funding GARDNER going hundredweight hungry income increase issues legislation LIBRARY OF CONGRESS low-income Mickey Leland milk marketing orders milk prices milk production milkfat million National School Lunch nutrition programs participation percent poverty line price support program problem Puerto Rico reauthorization recipients recommendations reduced rural poor sanctioning School Breakfast Program SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE School Lunch Program Senator BOSCHWITZ Senator KERREY shelter costs support price surplus TEFAP Thank Thrifty Food Plan U.S. dairy U.S. SENATOR USDA
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