Price support levels

7 U.S. Code § 1441. Price support levels

The Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter called the “Secretary”) is authorized and directed to make available through loans, purchases, or other operations, price support to cooperators for any crop of any basic agricultural commodity, if producers have not disapproved marketing quotas for such crop, at a level not in excess of 90 per centum of the parity price of the commodity nor less than the level provided in subsections (a), (b), and (c) as follows:

(a) For corn and wheat, if the supply percentage as of the beginning of the marketing year is:

The level of support shall be not less than the following percentage of the parity price:

Not more than 102

90

More than 102 but not more than 104

89

More than 104 but not more than 106

88

More than 106 but not more than 108

87

More than 108 but not more than 110

86

More than 110 but not more than 112

85

More than 112 but not more than 114

84

More than 114 but not more than 116

83

More than 116 but not more than 118

82

More than 118 but not more than 120

81

More than 120 but not more than 122

80

More than 122 but not more than 124

79

More than 124 but not more than 126

78

More than 126 but not more than 128

77

More than 128 but not more than 130

76

More than 130

75

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