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Congress weighs national food bank plan amid farm policy clash
Congress mulls a national food bank with up to 300 million bushels of wheat and 25 million bushels of feed grains funded by about 1.5 billion in stock, backed by several farm groups while opposing voices from the Nixon administration and the American Farm Bureau urge defeat. The measure, approved 21-10 by the Agriculture Committee, faces a tight House Rules Committee vote with possible amendments and loan-boost provisions. The plan would allow government purchases at or below five-year average prices, with stocks rotated and released under specific price or distress triggers.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
American Farm Bureau
Capitol Hill
House Rules Committee
House Agriculture Committee
Farmers Union
National Farmers Organization
The
National Grange
National Association of Wheat Growers
National Corn Growers Association
Grain Sorghum Producers Association
Agriculture Committee
Paul Findley
R-Nt
National Food Bank
Secretary of Agriculture
Neal Smith
Iowa
Earl Butz
Smith
Butz