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A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide that a producer's 1987 crop of oats on a farm may exceed the permitted acreage base and the producer may be eligible to participate in the…

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A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide that a producer's 1987 crop of oats on a farm may exceed the permitted acreage base and the producer may be eligible to participate in the annual farm program for corn and grain sorghums for such crop year.

Introduced: February 5, 1987 Introduced by: Grassley, Chuck Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 24, 1987
Committee on Agriculture requested executive comment from Agriculture Department.
Feb 18, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Production.
Feb 5, 1987
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Feb 5, 1987
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to permit a 1987 producer of corn and oats to plant more oat acreage than his or her permitted farm acreage base for oats and barley without losing eligibility for feed grain agricultural program benefits. Stipulates that excess oat and barley planting will result in benefits loss for oats and barley.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a uniform date for producers in a county to certify their corn and oats acreage.

What's happening now February 24, 1987

Committee on Agriculture requested executive comment from Agriculture Department.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 480: A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide that a producer's 1987 crop of oats on a farm may exceed the permitted acreage base and the producer may be eligible to participate in the annual farm program for corn and grain sorghums for such crop year.. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-S-480/
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"S. 480: A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide that a producer's 1987 crop of oats on a farm may exceed the permitted acreage base and the producer may be eligible to participate in the annual farm program for corn and grain sorghums for such crop year.." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-S-480/.
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S. 480, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-S-480/.
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[S. 480: A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide that a producer's 1987 crop of oats on a farm may exceed the permitted acreage base and the producer may be eligible to participate in the annual farm program for corn and grain sorghums for such crop year.](https://openamerica.io/bill/100-S-480/)
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