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.
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CHAPTER 35A— PRICE SUPPORT OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
SUBCHAPTER II— BASIC AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
§ 1441–1a. Marketing certificates for rice
§ 1442. Price support and acreage requirements for corn and other feed grains
§ 1444. Cotton price support levels
§ 1444a. Corn and feed grains and cotton programs
§ 1444b. Feed grains; price support program
§§ 1444c, 1444d. Repealed. , ,
§ 1444e–1. Loans and purchases for 1986 through 1996 crops of corn
§§ 1445 to 1445–2. Repealed. , ,
§ 1445–3. Purchase of inventory stock
§ 1445a. Wheat price support levels; “cooperator” defined
§§ 1445b, 1445b–1. Repealed. , ,
§§ 1445c, 1445c–1. Repealed. , ,
§ 1445d. Special wheat acreage grazing and hay program for 1978 through 1990 crop years
§ 1445e. Farmer owned reserve program
§ 1445f. International Emergency Food Reserve