7 U.S.C. § 1379a : US Code - Section 1379A: Legislative findings

Search 7 U.S.C. § 1379a : US Code - Section 1379A: Legislative findings

Wheat, in addition to being a basic food, is one of the great
export crops of American agriculture and its production for
domestic consumption and for export is necessary to the maintenance
of a sound national economy and to the general welfare. The
movement of wheat from producer to consumer, in the form of the
commodity or any of the products thereof, is preponderantly in
interstate and foreign commerce. Unreasonably low prices of wheat
to producers impair their purchasing power for nonagriculture
products and place them in a position of serious disparity with
other industrial groups. The conditions affecting the production of
wheat are such that without Federal assistance, producers cannot
effectively prevent disastrously low prices for wheat. It is
necessary, in order to assist wheat producers in obtaining fair
prices, to regulate the price of wheat used for domestic food and
for exports in the manner provided in this part.