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Robert Smith: “This bill will provide a one-time legislative remedy to a problem that many of us have seen coming for many months, and…”

On the recordApril 29, 1997
This bill will provide a one-time legislative remedy to a problem that many of us have seen coming for many months, and that is a specific timing problem for winter crop producers whose current CRP contracts will expire this September. We believe H.R. 1342 is a limited remedy to a very real problem that many landowners are now facing. Many farmers who needed to know some time ago whether or not they were going to get another CRP contract, will not know in time and will not be able to plant a winter crop of wheat, barley, or oats. And, by the way, through CBO we understand that the loss to farmers is somewhere in the neighborhood of $600 million for a lost crop.
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Robert Smith
Oregon
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Discussing H.R. 1342, a bill addressing issues for winter crop producers and CRP contracts.

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