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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Agricultural Act of 1949 · Sec. 201

Sec. 201. **[**PRICE SUPPORT LEVELS FOR DESIGNATED NONBASIC AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES**]**

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## Sec. 201 **[**PRICE SUPPORT LEVELS FOR DESIGNATED NONBASIC AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES**]** **[**[7 U.S.C. 1446](/us/usc/t7/s1446)**]** ###
(a)The Secretary is authorized and directed to make available (without regard to the provisions of title III) price support to producers for oilseeds (including soybeans, sunflower seed, canola, rapeseed, safflower, flaxseed, mustard seed, and such other oilseeds as the Secretary may determine), honey, milk, sugar beets, and sugarcane in accordance with this title. ###
(b)The price of honey shall be supported through loans, purchases, or other operations at a level not in excess of 90 per centum nor less than 60 per centum of the parity price thereof; and the price of tung nuts for each crop of tung nuts through the 1976 crop shall be supported through loans, purchases, or other operations at a level not in excess of 90 per centum nor less than 60 per centum of the parity price therefor: *Provided,* That in any crop year through the 1976 crop year in which the Secretary determines that the domestic production of tung oil will be less than the anticipated domestic demand for such oil, the price of tung nuts shall be supported at not less than 65 per centum of the parity price therefor. ###
(c)Except as provided in section 204, the price of milk shall be supported at such level not in excess of 90 per centum nor less than 75 per centum of the parity price therefor as the Secretary determines necessary in order to assure an adequate supply of pure and wholesome milk to meet current needs, reflect changes in the cost of production, and assure a level of farm income adequate to maintain productive capacity sufficient to meet anticipated future needs. Such price support shall be provided through purchases of milk and the products of milk. ### (d)46 46Subsec.
(d)provided price support for milk during the period beginning on January 1, 1986, and ending on December 31, 1990. ### (e)47 47Subsec.
(e)provided price support for the 1978–1981 crops of soybeans. ### (f)48 48Subsec.
(f)provided price support for the 1977 and 1978 crops of sugar beets and sugarcane. ### (g)49 49Subsec.
(g)was made effective only for the 1982–1985 crops of soybeans by sec. 801 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981, P.L. 97–98, 95 Stat. 1256, Dec. 22, 1981. ### (h)50 50Subsec.
(h)was made effective only for the 1982–1985 crops of sugar beets and sugarcane by sec. 901 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981, P.L. 97–98, 95 Stat. 1257, Dec. 22, 1981. ### (i)51 51Subsec.
(i)was made effective only for the 1986–1990 crops of soybeans by sec. 801 of the Food Security Act of 1985, P.L. 99–198, 99 Stat. 1441, Dec. 23, 1985. ### (j)52 52Subsec.
(j)was made effective only for the 1986–1990 crops of sugar beets and sugarcane by sec. 901 of the Food Security Act of 1985, P.L. 99–98, 99 Stat. 1443, Dec. 23, 1985. ### (k)53 53Subsec.
(k)was made effective only for the 1985–1990 crops of peanuts, soybeans, sugar beets, and sugarcane by sec. 1008 the Food Security Act of 1985, P.L. 99–198, 99 Stat. 1452, Dec. 23, 1985. ### (l)54 54Subsec.
(l)was made effective only for the 1987–1990 crops of sunflowers by sec. 15(a) of the Farm Disaster Assistance Act of 1987, P.L. 100–45, May 27, 1987.
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Sec. 201
**[**PRICE SUPPORT LEVELS FOR DESIGNATED NONBASIC AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES**]**
Stat.95 Stat. 1256
Stat.95 Stat. 1257
Stat.99 Stat. 1441
Stat.99 Stat. 1443
Stat.99 Stat. 1452
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