COKN ACEEAGE ALLOTMENTS AND MAEKETING QUOTAS 



WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1949 



House of Representatives, 

 Special Subcommittee of the 



Committee on Agriculture, 



Washington, D. C. 

 Mr. Pace. Gentlemen, the committee will please come to order. 

 Mr. Secretary, we certainly appreciate your coming back with us 

 this morning. I understand Air. Hoeven, of Iowa, has some questions. 

 Of course, we all appreciate his interest, representing one of the 

 greatest corn-producing States of the Nation. 



Air. Hoeven. Air. Secretary, yesterday you stated there were no 

 acreage allotments at the present time and, therefore, there would be 

 no marketing quotas for 1950. Alarketing quotas have never been in 

 ejffect for corn, as I imderstand it, and I am just wondering whether 

 you anticipate any marketing quotas will be necessary for 1951. 



FURTHER STATEMENT OF HON. CHARLES F. BRANNAN, SECRETARY 



OF AGRICULTURE 



Secretary Brannan. Air. Hoeven, in our activities for the Depart- 

 ment this year, we requested some additional funds in order that the 

 basic information for the application of either acreage allotments or 

 marketing quotas might be obtained. That is not a direct answer 

 to your question, but it is by way of saying that if marketing quotas 

 or acreage allotments would be necessary in 1951, the Department is 

 getting ready to be in a position to administer them if the farmers 

 should vote in favor of them. 



Air. Hoeven. Historically, do you think they are going to be 

 necessary in 1951? 



Secretary Brannan. Only God knows the real answer to that. 

 That will be determined by the weather conditions. 



Air. Hoeven. We are very much concerned about these marketing 

 quotas and I am sure you can appreciate our interest. We have not 

 had marketing quotas for corn since the Agricultural Act of 1938 was 

 enacted. Of course, we had a bumper corn crop last year, and from 

 all indications we will have another bumper crop this year. The same 

 thing pertains throughout the Corn Belt. Your statement indicates 

 that we wiU likely have the possibility of a 400,000,000 bushel carry- 

 over this year. 



Secretary Brannan. Alore than that. 



Mr. Hoeven. Yes; I was thinking about the amount of corn likely 

 to be sealed and held under purchase agreements. 



Secretary Brannan. There will be corn in other positions than 

 sealed. 



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