WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/USA/43
5 February 2003
(03-0741)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The attached notification concerning domestic support commitments for marketing
year  1999  (Table DS:1 and relevant Supporting Tables), which contains some data revisions for
marketing year 1998, was received from the delegation of the United States  on 23 December 2002.G/AG/N/USA/43
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Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  United States
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing Year 1999
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support
Total AMS commitment level for period in question Currency Current Total AMS
(from Section 1 of Part IV of the Schedule) (from Section 1 of Part IV of the Schedule) (from attached Supporting Tables)
23
1999 19,899.264 Millions of US dollars 16,862.276G/AG/N/USA/43
Page 3Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  United States
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing Year 1999
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – "Green Box"
Agency and program, by measure and type (some
agency names have changed) Outlays (million dollars)1/ Description of program
1986-88 1998 1999
(a)  General services: 4,738 7,225 7,694
Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
     Agricultural Research Service     Buildings & Facilities     Miscellaneous Contributed Funds496
23
3712
5614761
6818Research and advisory function.  Acquires, maintains, and disseminates
information.  Includes National Agricultural Library Functions since 1996.Conducts research on a wide variety of topics, including soil and waterconservation, plant and animal sciences, human nutrition, and integrated
agricultural systems.
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
     Agricultural institute     National fertilizer development     Agriculture 21 Farming Systems4
53
00
000
00Research and advisory function. Conducts research on problems related to
agricultural development, environmental quality, and fertilizer material andpractices.  Started in October 1992, Agri. 21 provides information about familyfarming and profitability using sustainable and environmentally friendly methods.
     Pollution prevention/model site demo 0 0 0 Research and advisory function.  A research program aimed at helping chemical
dealers and farmers prevent ground water contamination.
     Waste management program 0 0 0 Research and advisory function.  Research on development of efficient wetlands
and of organic plant food and cattle feed from agricultural wastes (broiler litter),and other creative waste management methods.
Cooperative State Research, Extension,
and Education Service (CSREES)     Cooperative State Research Service
     Buildings and facilities281
0430
61429
41Research function.  Provides grants to state agricultural research
establishments.  Participates in cooperative planning with state research
institutions.G/AG/N/USA/43
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Agency and program, by measure and type (some
agency names have changed) Outlays (million dollars)1/ Description of program
1986-88 1998 1999
     Extension Service 325 413 407 Advisory function.  Participates with state cooperative extension system on applied
education, information, and technology transfer.
Farm Service Agency
     Conservation Program Technical Assistance      (revised July 2001)
20 38 53 Extension, advisory, and training service functions.  Revised data.  USDA agencies
provide various technical services to assist producers to participate inenvironmental and conservation programs, such as the Conservation Reserve
Program (CRP), Environmental Quality Incentives Program, and the Wetland
Reserve Program.  This entry has been moved into section (a), general services,since it is not a direct payments program.  The CRP data in section (h) nowexcludes technical service outlays for 1995-1999.
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)
     Conservation Program Technical Assistance     (revised July 2001)
20 41 73 Extension, advisory, and training functions.  (See immediately preceding FSA
note).
National Agricultural Library (NAL)
     National Agricultural Library 11 (see note>) (see note>) Research and advisory function.  Acquires, maintains, and disseminate s
information.  Outlays included in ARS, above, since 1995 (appropriations were
$20 million in 1999).
Rural Business and Cooperative Development Service
(RBCD)
     Agricultural Cooperatives Service 4 5 4 Research and advisory function.  Provides farmers and USDA administrators
information related to cooperatives.  Beginning in FY 1995, salaries and expenseswere combined with other RBCD functions.  Outlays after 1994 are estimates forthe cooperative services only.
     Alternative Agricultural Research 0 8 5 Research function.  Provides assistance in developing new products from
agricultural and forestry material and animal byproducts.
Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
     Salaries & Expenses     Buildings & Facilities
     Miscellaneous Trust Funds308
3
5505
7
14589
10
13Inspection/pest and disease control function.
Protects animal and plant resources from destructive pests and diseases.G/AG/N/USA/43
Page 5Agency and program, by measure and type (some
agency names have changed) Outlays (million dollars)1/ Description of program
1986-88 1998 1999
State programs for agriculture
Regular annual outlays by states, net of fees andtaxes
32,196 3,334 3,573 State governments provide a number of generally available services.
Includes extension, marketing, and research.  Excludes state credit programs.Amount reported is net of producer fees and taxes paid for various services.
Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyard Administration (GIP&S)     Grain inspection salaries and expenses
4
     Inspection & Weighing Service
     Packers & Stockyards Administration47
(2)
911
2
1311
(4)
15Marketing/inspection functions .  Establishes standards.
Provides for official inspection and implementation of the system of standards for
marketing.
Conducts surveillance and investigator y activities to protect producers and
consumers from unfair trade practices.
Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS)
     Salaries & Expenses     Inspection & Grading of Farm Products370
1592
5600
4Safety/inspection function.  Provides in-plant inspection to assure quality of meat
and poultry and the accuracy of labelling.
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
     Marketing Services     Payments to States & Possessions
     Perishable Agricultural Commodity Act Fund
     Miscellaneous Trust Funds
     Office of Transportation34
1
4
81
242
1
8
102
042
1
7
106
0Marketing function.
Develops marketing standards and provides news and inspection services.  Grantsto states for projects, such as improving marketing information, and developing
grading standards.
Uses license fees to take legal actions against unfair buyer trade practices.
Grading and certification services are provided on a fee-for-service basis.
Marketing function.  Identifies transportation issues and provides information.
Transportation function moved to AMS, above.
National Sheep Industry Improvement Center
     Lamb marketing and promotion programs
50 0 5 Marketing and promotion function.  No payments to producers.  USDA grants are
made to national meat associations and universities to help producers market
domestically produced lamb meat through promotion, marketing training,advertising, and education.
Economic Research Service (ERS)
     Economic Research Service
     Miscellaneous Contributed Funds45
055
058
0Research and advisory function.  Performs economic research and analysis for the
public, Congress, and the Executive Branch.G/AG/N/USA/43
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Agency and program, by measure and type (some
agency names have changed) Outlays (million dollars)1/ Description of program
1986-88 1998 1999
National Ag. Statistics Service (NASS)
     National Ag. Stat. Service     Miscellaneous Contributed Funds59
0124
0106
0Research and advisory function.  Provides official estimates of resource utilization,
production, and prices of agricultural products.
Executive Operations
     World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB) 2 3 3 Research and advisory function.  Provides economic information about current
outlook and situation for commodity supply and price.  Combined with otherexecutive operations in the Budget after 1994.
Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)
     Conservation Operations
     Resource Conservation and   Development386
26596
32657
35Advisory function.  To promote conservation of soil and water, NRCS provides
technical assistance, conducts soil surveys, and assesses erosion factors (formerly
activity of “SCS”).
Assists individuals and localities to develop area-wide plans for resource
conservation and development.  Some cost-share payments prior to 1994.
Departmental Administration
     Outreach for Socially Disadvantaged Farms 0 1 4 Advisory function.  Community-based organizations receive grants and contracts
to provide outreach and technical assistance to disadvantaged farms.  Assists
producers in the community in their farm ownership and operation, and in theirparticipation in government programs.  Funding shifted to Administration startingin 1997.  No direct payments.
(b)  Public Stockholding for Food Security: 0 0 0G/AG/N/USA/43
Page 7Agency and program, by measure and type (some
agency names have changed) Outlays (million dollars)1/ Description of program
1986-88 1998 1999
(c)  Domestic food aid: 19,158 33,487 33,050
Food & Consumer Services (FCS)
     Food Program Administration
     Food Stamp Program
     Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico
     Special Milk Program80
11,813
852
16102
20,141
(see note>)
(see note>)110
19,005
(see note>)
(see note>)Food programs providing access to more nutritious diets for low income people
and children.
Low income people receive financial assistance to help purchase nutritious food.
Food Stamp Program in Puerto Rico combined with Food Stamp Program (above).
Provides milk service in schools and institutions having no other federally assisted
food programs.  Outlays reported in Child Nutrition Program outlays (below).
     Child Nutrition Programs 4,050 8,565 8,878 Cash and commodities to assist children to attain adequate diets.  Includes special
milk, school lunch and breakfast, homeless children, and other programs.
     Special Supplemental Nutrition  program for
     Women, Infants, and Children1,711 3,902 3,942 Food supplements to improve health of low income mothers, children, elderly.
     Food donation program 189 139 144 Provides cash or commoditie s to improve diets of elderly, Indians, and Micronesia.
     Commodity Assistance Program (CAP) 0 125 136 CAP includes these previously separate programs: Commodity Supplemental
Food, Emergency Food, assistance to Indian Reservations and to Pacific Islands,
and Nutrition for the Elderly.
Commodity Supplemental Food Program
Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program
(TEFAP)
Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP)61248
0(see CAP,
above)
(see CAP,
above)
0(see CAP,
above)
(see CAP,
above)
2Food supplements to improve health of low income mothers, children, elderly.
Helps states to purchase and distribute food to the needy.
Research and information function.  Develops and implements programs to
strengthen nutrition research information and education.  Funded through the FoodProgram Administration Account after 1995.G/AG/N/USA/43
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Agency and program, by measure and type (some
agency names have changed) Outlays (million dollars)1/ Description of program
1986-88 1998 1999
Human Nutrition Information Service (HNIS)
     Human Nutrition Information Service69 (see note>) (see note>) Functions transferred to Agricultural Research Service and to the new Center for
Nutrition Policy and Promotion.  Conducts survey of nutritional needs and dietpossibilities.  Provides consultation and information to the public.
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
     Section 32 (AMS) 378 513 833 Funds purchases of co mmodities distributed to needy people through the FNS food
programs described above.
(d)  Decoupled income support: 0 5,659 5,471
Farm Service Agency
     Production Flexibility Contract Paymen ts (crop year) 0 5,659 5,471 Payments made to producers and landowners based on acreage and production in a
prior base period, as specified in the Federal Agricultural Improvement and
Reform Act of 1996.
(e)  Income insurance and safety-net
       programs:00 0 Note:  All revenue and income insurance programs are included in Supporting
Table DS:9, as part of the entry for USDA Crop Insurance programs.
(f)   Payments for relief from natural
       disasters: 1,388 1,412 1,635
Farm Service Agency (FSA)
     Non-insured Cr op Disaster Assistance
     Program (NAP, crop year)
Crop disaster payments (crop year)0
1,33254
1,34144
1,239Under the 1994 Federal Crop Insurance Reform Act (Public Law 103-354),
producers of crops not currently insurable under other programs received benefitsif it was determined by the USDA that th ere have been yield losses greater than 35
percent for the area, and greater than 50 per cent for the individual farm.  The area
loss requirement was eliminated per Section 109 of the Agricultural Risk
Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224, June 20, 2000).  The 50 percent lossrequirement for each producer has been continued.
Under the Food Security Act of 1985, the Disaster Assistance Acts of 1988 and
1989 and subsequently, assistance was provided to crop producers suffering fromnatural disasters.  Assistance could be provided when there were production lossesof at least 30%.  1998 outlays authorised by the Omnibus Consolidated and
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act (P.L. 105-277, October 21, 1998).
1998 amount for the green box is the amount for single-year crop disasters ($1,341million).  1998 multi-year crop disaster f unds are reported in Supporting Table
DS:9 ($577 million).  1999 outlays are single-year only, per the fiscal year 2000
appropriations act (Public Law 106-78, October 22, 1999).G/AG/N/USA/43
Page 9Agency and program, by measure and type (some
agency names have changed) Outlays (million dollars)1/ Description of program
1986-88 1998 1999
Emergency Feed Program
Emergency Feed Assist. Program
Pasture Recovery Program
Flood Compensation Program
American Indian Livestock Feed Program53
7/
0
0
00
7/
0
0
0270
7/
0
41
4Compensates livestock producers for feed crop disasters.
Compensates livestock producers for feed crop disasters.
Compensates for 73.5 percent of the documented cost of re-seeding pastures
damaged by 1999 drought.  First payments not made until fiscal year 2000, whichwill be notified in the 2000 green box.
Compensates farmers in certain eligible  counties for loss of use of cropland or
pastureland due to flooding in fiscal year 1998.
Compensates livestock producers on tribal-governed land for feed crop disasters.
Disaster Reserve Assistance Program
Livestock Indemnity Program
Tree assistance program
Emergency loans
80
0
0
31
5
3
80
4
7
26Compensates livestock producers for losses of feed crops in authorized counties.
Cash reimbursements provided for up to 30% of cost of feed replacement if countyand producer both have losses of at least 40%.
Compensates producers for livestock  losses from recent disasters.
Compensates producers for loss of trees and fruit vines due to drought, floods, or
other weather-related conditions (1988 and subsequent disaster assistance acts).
Provides loans to cover ac tual losses sustained by fa rmers in disaster areas.
(g) Structural adjustment through
      producer retirement programs: 0 0 0G/AG/N/USA/43
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Agency and program, by measure and type (some
agency names have changed) Outlays (million dollars)1/ Description of program
1986-88 1998 1999
 (h) Structural adjustment through
     resource retirement programs: 532 1,688 1,434
Farm Service Agency (FSA)
     Conservation Reserve Program (revised) 194 (5) (1) Critical soil erosion is reduced through 10-year rental agreements to estab lish
permanent cover crops on cropland.  Funding is being shifted to the CCC startingin 1996.  Revised in 1999 notification to exclude related technical assistance
outlays that do not involve direct payments to producers.  Technical assistance
now reported in section (a).
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)
     Conservation Reserve Program 0 1,693 1,435 Funding was shifted to the CCC, starting in 1996.  See above description of the
program.
     Dairy termination program (FY payments) 338 0 0 Payments were made to producers agreeing to terminate production
for a 5-year period.
(i) Structural adjustment through
     investment aids: 132 93 134
Farm Service Agency (FSA)
     Farm Credit Programs
     (previously FmHA programs)
8
     State Mediation Grants132
091
2132
2Program includes (i) short-term and long-term loans made at preferential interest
rates and (ii) guarantees of private loans.  Eligibility (clearly defined in
regulations) determined by status as owner-operator of a family-sized farm insituations of structural disadvantage (cannot obtain credit elsewhere).
Grants provided to states to assist producers having problems meeting credit
obligations.  Assistance must be provided through certified agricultural loanmediation programs.G/AG/N/USA/43
Page 11Agency and program, by measure and type (some
agency names have changed) Outlays (million dollars)1/ Description of program
1986-88 1998 1999
(j)  Environmental payments: 202 256 332
Farm Service Agency (FSA)
     Agricultural Conservation Program9
     Emergency Conservation Program
     Soil and water loans program8
Natural Resource Conservation Service
     Great Plains Conservation Program9
     Colorado River Basin Salinity Control9
     Water Bank Program166
6
0
19
2
923
26
0
4
1
811
40
0
2
1
6Conservation of soil and water is achieved through cost-share agreements.
Assists in funding emergency conservation measures necessary to restore farmland
damaged by natural disasters.
Low interest loans and loan guarantees to assist farmers to use sound soil and
water conservation practices.
Cost share contracts for 3 to 10 years are used to help landowners implement long
term conservation measures.
Water quality for down stream users is enhanced by information/cost sharing.
Conservation of wetlands is achieved through 10-year contracts with producers.
     Wetland Reserve Program (also see CCC part)
      Farms for the Future0
033
014
0Conservation and restoration of wetlands through long-term agreements.
Producers must implement a conservation plan and retire crop acreage base.
Provides loan guarantees and interest assistance to State trust funds to help finance
programs to protect and preserve farmland.
     Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program 0 5 11 Provides technical assistance and cost-share assistance to landowners to develop
habitat for upland wildlife, wetlands wildlife, endangered species, fish, and otherwildlife.  Funds come from CCC under 5-10 year contracts.  (Title III, Public Law
104-127, April 1996).
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)
     Wetland Reserve Program (also see NRCS part) 0 88 148 Conservation and restoration of wetlands through long-term agreements.
Producers must implement a conservation plan and retire crop acreage base.  The
1996 Farm Act authorized CCC funding starting in 1997 (Title III, Public Law104-127, April 1996).G/AG/N/USA/43
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Agency and program, by measure and type (some
agency names have changed) Outlays (million dollars)1/ Description of program
1986-88 1998 1999
     Farmland Protection Program  0 7 7 Conservation plans are made and easements purchased through State, tribe or local
government agencies to protect topsoil by limiting conversion to non-agriculturaluses.  Conservation plans must be carried out over the 30 years or more of theeasement term.
      Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 0 61 92 Encourages farmers and ranchers to adopt practices that reduce enviro nmental and
resource problems.  Half of the funds are targeted to livestock production
practices.
(k)  Payments under Regional Assistance Programs: 0 0 0
(l)  Other: 0 0 0
Grand Total 26,151 49,820 49,749
Footnotes:
1Unless otherwise specified, data are outlays for fiscal years.  Outlays were excluded from domestic U.S. tables if not related directly to internal support of production agriculture.  Wages and salaries and
administrative expenses were excluded except where such outlays reflect the level of services provided to agriculture.
2In providing technical assistance, USDA agencies explain and determine eligibility for conservation programs, help develop indi vidual conservation plans, help install approved practices, provide information
and educational assistance, and consult with universities and other government agencies.  The Farm Service Agency data relate only to participation in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP).  The  Farm
Service Agency’s 1986-88 entry for the CRP in section (h) still includes technical assistance outlays.  The Commodity Credit Co rporation data for 1999 relate to participation in the CRP, Environmental Quality
Incentives Program, and the Wetland Reserve Program.
3Fees and taxes were estimated from partial data for 1986, 1987, and 1995 to 1999.  Complete data available for 1988-92.  Source  is Bureau of the Census’ Census of Governments.
4Outlays for Grain Inspection and Packers and Stockyards were combined in the Budget document.  Outlays for each separately esti mated from appropriations.
5These market and promotion activities are part of an overall program of assistance to sheep and lamb producers facing a surge o f low-priced imported lamb meat.  The National Sheep Industry Improvement
Center is being used to fund industry applicants’ proposals for grants using cooperative agreements with the USDA’s Agricultura l Marketing Service.  The overall program of assistance includes $68 million
over four years to improve production (notified in supporting table DS:6), plus funds made available to other USDA green box pr ograms related to animal health, farm credit to structurally disadvantaged
producers, and domestic food assistance.  The program details were announced on January 13, 2000.
6Former Human Nutrition Information Service functions were transferred to the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the new Ce nter for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, Food and Consumer Service
Agency (FCSA).
7Value of subsidy on feed distributed under the Emergency Feed Assi stance Program is unavailable.  Pounds of feed so distributed  were (lbs.):  1,880,009 for FY 86; 4,678,875 for FY 87; 316,893,702 for FY
88; and 820,944,327 for FY 89.  There were 829,538 lbs. distributed in FY 1995 and 162,000 lbs. distributed in FY 1996.  There is no feed distribution under this program after FY 1996, as the program was
suspended through 2002 by the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-127).G/AG/N/USA/43
Page 138Derived as the difference between FmHA and commercial interest rates times the value of loans made during the year.  Data also include budget outlays for recognized losses on FmHA loan guarantees.   Farm
Credit System Programs (FCS) are not included because loans are not subsidized.  The Farm Credit Amendments Act of 1986 forbids  the FCS from under pricing its competition.  Also, the FCS interest rates are
greater than commercial rates, after adjusting announced rates for the mandatory stock purchase requirement paid by borrowers w ithout compensation.
9The functions of the following programs are combined after 1995 into a new program called the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP, see CCC, above) under the Federal Agriculture Improvement
and Reform Act of 1996: Agriculture Conservation Program, Great Plains Conservation Program, Water Quality Incentives Program, and Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program (Public Law 104-127).
Separate funding for EQIP was also provided starting in 1997.G/AG/N/USA/43
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Supporting Table DS:3
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  United States
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing Year 1999
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Direct payments under pr oduction-limiting programs
Measure Type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Article 6:5 Monetary value of measure in year in
question
(million dollars)Data sources
12 3 4
(a)  Payments based on fixed area and yields. NA
(b)  Payments based on 85 per cent or less of base level of production:
Wheat NA1
Rice NA1
Corn NA1
Sorghum NA1
Barley NA1
Oats NA1
Cotton NA1
(c)  Livestock payments on a fixed number of head NA
NA = not applicable.
1 Deficiency payments, included here for 1995, were eliminated for all years after 1995 by the Federal Agriculture Improvement a nd Reform Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-127, April 4,
1996).G/AG/N/USA/43
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  United States
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing Year 1999
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support
Description of basic products including
non-product specific (AMS)Calculated AMS Value of production Current total AMS
Mil. dol.Amount1
Mil. dol.5 per cent of value
Mil. dol. Mil. dol.
12 3 4 5
Product-specific AMS  (from Supporting Tables DS:5 to DS:7)
Apples 99.386 1,563.582 78.179 99.386
Barley 39.734 597.038 29.852 39.734Beef and Veal 0.000 26,051.477 1,302.574
2
Corn 2,554.171 17,103.991 855.200 2,554.171Cotton 2,353.135 4,368.717 218.436 2,353.135Cranberries 19.739 108.773 5.439 19.739Dairy 4,660.149 23,400.050 1,170.003 4,660.149Hogs and pigs 0.000 7,766.241 388.312
2
Honey 0.187 126.075 6.3042
Minor Oil Seed:    Canola 39.119 106.651 5.333 39.119    Crambe 1.259 2.894 0.145 1.259    Flaxseed 11.198 30.098 1.505 11.198    Mustard Seed 0.711 5.463 0.273 0.711G/AG/N/USA/43
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Description of basic products including
non-product specific (AMS)Calculated AMS Value of production Current total AMS
Mil. dol.Amount1
Mil. dol.5 per cent of value
Mil. dol. Mil. dol.
12 3 4 5
Product-specific AMS  (from Supporting Tables DS:5 to DS:7)
    Rapeseed 0.050 0.441 0.022 0.050
    Safflower 1.998 55.343 2.7672
    Sunflower 143.080 339.993 17.000                        143.080Mohair 1.826 10.016 0.501 1.826Oats 30.539 175.172 8.759 30.539Peanuts 349.086 971.608 48.580 349.086Potatoes 13.879 2,745.712 137.286
2
Rice 434.986 1,231.207 61.560                        434.986Rye 0.000 25.084 1.254
2
Sheep and lamb 13.000 348.742 17.4372
Sorghum 153.832 937.406 46.870 153.832Soybeans 2,856.135 12,205.352 610.268 2,856.135Sugar 1,207.260 2,144.795 107.240 1,207.260Tobacco 924.254 2,356.304 117.815                        924.254Wheat 973.925 5,593.989 279.699 973.925Wool 8.702 17.860 0.893 8.702All other (not in AMS calculation) 0.000 74,344.480 3,717.224
2
Total for all commodities 16,891.340 16,862.276
Non-product-specific AMS
(from Supporting Table DS:9 below) 7,405.513 184,734.554 9,236.7302G/AG/N/USA/43
Page 17Description of basic products including
non-product specific (AMS)Calculated AMS Value of production Current total AMS
Mil. dol.Amount1
Mil. dol.5 per cent of value
Mil. dol. Mil. dol.
12 3 4 5
Product-specific AMS  (from Supporting Tables DS:5 to DS:7)
Total: Current total AMS 16,862.276
1 Value of production reported by National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), in general.  Cash receipts from the Ec onomic Research Service were used for fruits and nuts, vegetables,
horses and mules, aquaculture, and other crops, excluding cash receipts for some specific crops that are available as actual va lue of production in NASS reports.
2 AMS IS NOT SUBJECT TO REDUCTION NOR TO INCLUSION IN THE CURRENT AMS BECAUSE THE CALCULATED AMS IS LESS THAN 5 PER CENT OF VALUE  OF
PRODUCTION (DE MINIMIS EXCLUSION).G/AG/N/USA/43
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Supporting Table DS:5
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  United States
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing Year 1999
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements  of Support:  Market Price Support
Description of
productMarketing year
starting …Measure type Applied
administered
price
($/tonne)External
reference price
($/tonne)Eligible
production
(million tonnes)Associated
fees/levies
($ million)Total market
price support
($ million)New notes, data sources
123 4 5 6 7 8
(4-5)*6-79
Dairy   1 Oct. 1999   Price support/quota 218.258 159.826 75.940 4,437.323
Sugar   1 Oct. 1999   Price support/quota 374.786 230.824 8.198 1,180.234  1
Peanuts   1 Aug. 1999   Price support/quota 672.410 413.160 1.169 303.1282
All Commodities
(before de minimis)5,920.685
1Reference price based on 1986-88 average Caribbean price adjusted to include transportation costs of $28.66/tonne (28.66 + 202. 164 = 230.824).  Annual Caribbean price is the simple
average of 12 monthly prices.  Applied administered price is the announced loan rate for cane sugar (18 cents per lb.) less the  1 cent per lb. penalty that must be paid if sugar is actually
forfeited to the government. ($0.17 x 2204.622 = $374.786)
2 Eligible production includes the domestic marketing (actual poundage) quota of 2,360 million lbs. plus the additional peanuts receiving price support through the buyback system of
32.756 million lbs., plus the seed quota of 185 million lbs.  The support price is for quota peanuts only.G/AG/N/USA/43
Page 19Supporting Table DS:6
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  United States
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing Year 1999
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of  Support:  Non-Exempt Direct Payments
Description of
basic productMarketing year
starting…Measure typeApplied
administered
price
($/tonne)External
reference
price
($/tonne)Eligible
production
(million
tonnes)Total price-
related direct
payments
($ million)Other non-
exempt direct
payments
($ million)Fees/levies
($ million)Total direct
payments
($ million)Adjustment
factor
RatioNew notes,
data sources
12 3 4 5 6 7
((4-5)*6*11)89 1 0
(7+8-9)11 12
Apples 1 June 1999 Market loss payments 95.0861
Quality loss payments         4.3002
Subtotal other payments       99.386     99.386
Apples 1 June 1999 Subtotal all direct payments 99.386
Barley 1 June 1999 Marketing loan gains 1.218
Loan deficiency payments 37.166Commodity loan forfeit 0.217Certificate exchange gains 0.017
3
Subtotal other payments 38.618 38.618
Barley 1 June 1999 Subtotal all direct payments 38.618
Beef/veal 1 Jan. 1999 Subtotal all direct payments 0.000
Corn 1 Sept. 1999 Commodity loan forfeit 10.077
Marketing loan gains 409.553Loan deficiency payments 1,991.707Certificate exchange gains 2.813
3
Subtotal other payments 2,414.150 2,414.150
Corn 1 Sept. 1999 Subtotal all direct payments 2,414.150G/AG/N/USA/43
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Description of
basic productMarketing year
starting…Measure typeApplied
administered
price
($/tonne)External
reference
price
($/tonne)Eligible
production
(million
tonnes)Total price-
related direct
payments
($ million)Other non-
exempt direct
payments
($ million)Fees/levies
($ million)Total direct
payments
($ million)Adjustment
factor
RatioNew notes,
data sources
12 3 4 5 6 7
((4-5)*6*11)89 1 0
(7+8-9)11 12
Cotton 1 Aug. 1999 Marketing loan gains 814.850
Loan deficiency payments 684.949Extra-long staple (ELS) payments 0.000User marketing payments 445.623Cotton seed payments 78.749
4
Commodity loan forfeit 0.001Certificate exchange gains 112.725
3
Subtotal other payments 2,136.897 2,136.897
Cotton 1 Aug. 1999 Subtotal all direct payments 2,136.897
Cranberries 1 Jan. 1999 Market loss payments 19.739 19.7391
Cranberries 1 Jan. 1999 Subtotal all direct payments 19.739
Dairy 1 Oct. 1999 Dairy indemnities 36.407
Dairy market loss payment 122.4405
Dairy production disaster
assistance 9.0306
Subtotal other payments 167.877 167.877
Dairy 1 Oct. 1999 Subtotal all direct payments 167.877
Hogs and pigs 1 Dec. 1998 Small hog program payments 0.000 0.0007
Hogs and pigs 1 Dec. 1998 Subtotal all direct payments 0.000G/AG/N/USA/43
Page 21Description of
basic productMarketing year
starting…Measure typeApplied
administered
price
($/tonne)External
reference
price
($/tonne)Eligible
production
(million
tonnes)Total price-
related direct
payments
($ million)Other non-
exempt direct
payments
($ million)Fees/levies
($ million)Total direct
payments
($ million)Adjustment
factor
RatioNew notes,
data sources
12 3 4 5 6 7
((4-5)*6*11)89 1 0
(7+8-9)11 12
Honey 1 April 1999 Commodity loan forfeit 0.0008
Marketing loan gains 0.0008
Loan deficiency payments 0.0008
Certificate exchange gains 0.0003
Subtotal other payments 0.000 0.000
Honey 1 April 1999 Subtotal all direct payments 0.000
Minor oilseeds
 Canola 1 June 1999 Commodity loan forfeit 0.092
Marketing loan gains 0.510Loan deficiency payments 34.268Oilseed payments 3.999
9
Certificate exchange gains 0.0003
Subtotal other payments 38.869 38.869
 Canola 1 June 1999 Subtotal all direct payments 38.869
Minor oilseeds
 Crambe 1 June 1999 Commodity loan forfeit 0.000
Marketing loan gains 0.392Loan deficiency payments 0.666Oilseed payments 0.131
9
Certificate exchange gains 0.0003
Subtotal other payments 1.189 1.189
 Crambe 1 June 1999 Subtotal all direct payments 1.189G/AG/N/USA/43
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Description of
basic productMarketing year
starting…Measure typeApplied
administered
price
($/tonne)External
reference
price
($/tonne)Eligible
production
(million
tonnes)Total price-
related direct
payments
($ million)Other non-
exempt direct
payments
($ million)Fees/levies
($ million)Total direct
payments
($ million)Adjustment
factor
RatioNew notes,
data sources
12 3 4 5 6 7
((4-5)*6*11)89 1 0
(7+8-9)11 12
Minor oilseeds
 Flaxseed 1 July 1999 Commodity loan forfeit 0.300
Marketing loan gains 0.540Loan deficiency payments 9.290Oilseed payments 0.881
9
Certificate exchange gain 0.0003
Subtotal other payments 11.011 11.011
 Flaxseed 1 July 1999 Subtotal all direct payments 11.011
Minor oilseeds
 Mustard seed 1 Sept. 1999 Commodity loan forfeit 0.001
Marketing loan gains 0.037Loan deficiency payments 0.463Oilseed payments 0.193
9
Certificate exchange gains 0.0003
Subtotal other payments 0.694 0.694
 Mustard seed 1 Sept. 1999 Subtotal all direct payments 0.694
Minor oilseeds
 Rapeseed 1 June 1999 Commodity loan forfeit 0.000
Marketing loan gains 0.000Loan deficiency payments 0.032Oilseed payments 0.018
9
Certificate exchange gains 0.0003
Subtotal other payments 0.050 0.050
 Rapeseed 1 June 1999 Subtotal all direct payments 0.050G/AG/N/USA/43
Page 23Description of
basic productMarketing year
starting…Measure typeApplied
administered
price
($/tonne)External
reference
price
($/tonne)Eligible
production
(million
tonnes)Total price-
related direct
payments
($ million)Other non-
exempt direct
payments
($ million)Fees/levies
($ million)Total direct
payments
($ million)Adjustment
factor
RatioNew notes,
data sources
12 3 4 5 6 7
((4-5)*6*11)89 1 0
(7+8-9)11 12
Minor oilseeds
 Safflower 1 Sept. 1999 Commodity loan forfeit 0.000
Marketing loan gains 0.000Loan deficiency payments 0.000Oilseed payments 1.994
9
Certificate exchange gains 0.0003
Subtotal other payments 1.994 1.994
 Safflower 1 Sept. 1999 Subtotal all direct payments 1.994
Minor oilseeds
 Sunflower 1 Sept. 1999 Commodity loan forfeit 0.717
Marketing loan gains 6.138Loan deficiency payments 119.437Oilseed payments 14.996
9
Certificate exchange gains 0.6483
Subtotal other payments 141.936 141.936
 Sunflower 1 Sept. 1999 Subtotal all direct payments 141.936
Mohair 1 Jan. 1999 Support payments10
Subtotal price related payments 0.000
Mohair 1 Jan. 1999 Market loss payments 1.55910
Subtotal other payments 1.559 1.559
Mohair 1  Jan. 1999 Subtotal all direct payments 1.559G/AG/N/USA/43
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Description of
basic productMarketing year
starting…Measure typeApplied
administered
price
($/tonne)External
reference
price
($/tonne)Eligible
production
(million
tonnes)Total price-
related direct
payments
($ million)Other non-
exempt direct
payments
($ million)Fees/levies
($ million)Total direct
payments
($ million)Adjustment
factor
RatioNew notes,
data sources
12 3 4 5 6 7
((4-5)*6*11)89 1 0
(7+8-9)11 12
Oats 1  June  1999 Marketing loan gains 0.285
Loan deficiency payments 28.160Commodity loan forfeit 0.009Certificate exchange gains 0.000
3
Subtotal other payments 28.454 28.454
Oats 1  June 1999 Subtotal all direct payments 28.454
Peanuts 1  Aug. 1999 Commodity loan forfeit 0.000
Market loss payments 55.04211
Subtotal other payments 55.042 55.042
Peanuts 1  Aug. 1999 Subtotal all direct payments 55.042
Potatoes 1 Nov. 1998 Quality loss payments 13.8792
Subtotal other payments 13.879 13.879
Potatoes 1 Nov. 1998 Subtotal all direct payments 13.879
Rice 1 Aug. 1999 Commodity loan forfeit 0.135
Marketing loan gains 182.967Marketing certificate payments 0.000Loan deficiency payments 160.671Certificate exchange gains 57.004
3
Subtotal other payments 400.777 400.777
Rice 1 Aug. 1999 Subtotal all direct payments 400.777
Rye 1 June 1999 Subtotal all direct payments 0.0008G/AG/N/USA/43
Page 25Description of
basic productMarketing year
starting…Measure typeApplied
administered
price
($/tonne)External
reference
price
($/tonne)Eligible
production
(million
tonnes)Total price-
related direct
payments
($ million)Other non-
exempt direct
payments
($ million)Fees/levies
($ million)Total direct
payments
($ million)Adjustment
factor
RatioNew notes,
data sources
12 3 4 5 6 7
((4-5)*6*11)89 1 0
(7+8-9)11 12
Sheep & lamb 1 Aug. 1999 Adjustment assistance program 13.00012
Subtotal other payments 13.000 13.000
Sheep & lamb 1 Aug. 1999 Subtotal all direct payments       13.000
Sorghum 1 Sept. 1999 Marketing loan gains 3.818
Loan deficiency payments 148.671Commodity loan forfeit 0.241Certificate exchange gain 0.064
3
Subtotal other payments 152.794 152.794
Sorghum 1 Sept. 1999 Subtotal all direct payments 152.794
Soybeans 1 Sept. 1999 Commodity loan forfeit 10.340
Marketing loan gains 217.637Loan deficiency payments 2,105.843Oilseed payments 437.829
9
Certificate exchange gains 1.8933
Subtotal other payments 2,773.542 2,773.542
Soybeans 1 Sept. 1999 Subtotal all direct payments 2,773.542
Sugar 1 Oct. 1999 Commodity loan forfeit 0.000
Subtotal other payments 0.000 0.000
Sugar 1 Oct. 1999 Subtotal all direct payments 0.000G/AG/N/USA/43
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Description of
basic productMarketing year
starting…Measure typeApplied
administered
price
($/tonne)External
reference
price
($/tonne)Eligible
production
(million
tonnes)Total price-
related direct
payments
($ million)Other non-
exempt direct
payments
($ million)Fees/levies
($ million)Total direct
payments
($ million)Adjustment
factor
RatioNew notes,
data sources
12 3 4 5 6 7
((4-5)*6*11)89 1 0
(7+8-9)11 12
Tobacco 1 Oct. 1999 Commodity loan forfeit 602.00013
Market loss payments 328.00014
Warehouse disaster payments 2.69715
Subtotal other payments 932.697 932.697
Tobacco 1 Oct. 1999 Subtotal all direct payments 932.697
Wheat 1 June 1999 Commodity loan forfeit 13.989
Marketing loan gains 47.268Loan deficiency payments 888.929Certificate exchange gains 0.311
3
Subtotal other payments 950.497 950.497
Wheat 1 June 1999 Subtotal all direct payments 950.497
Wool 1 Jan. 1999 Support payments NA 0.00010
Subtotal price related payments
Wool 1 Jan. 1999 Market loss payments 8.70210
Subtotal other payments 8.702 8.702
Wool 1 Jan. 1999 Subtotal all direct payments 8.702
All Commodities      1999
(before de minimis)Subtotal all direct payments 0.000 10,403.353 10,403.353
NA = not applicable .
1 Assistance payments were made to partially compensate apple and cranberry producers for low market prices.  For apples, the to tal set aside for 1998 and 1999 crops was assumed to be
100% for crop year 1999 (Public Law 106-387).G/AG/N/USA/43
Page 272 Apples and potatoes quality loss program compensates farmers who suffered at least a 20 percent loss in value for 1999 or 2000  crops because of reduced quality due to weather-related
disasters (Public Law 106-387).
3 Certificate exchange gain is the net gain to producers due to se ttlement of commodity loans at a rate that is below the origina l per-unit loan rate, where commodity certificates are used for
the repayment.  First announced in February 2000, the authorization for this comes from an amendment to the Federal Agriculture  Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (Section 812,
Subtitle B, Title VIII, Public Law 106-78).
4 Payments to gins due to low seed prices, funded by unallocated 1999 crop market loss funds (Public Law 105-277).
5 Second year of emergency market loss payments to dairy producers (Public Law 106-78).
6 Compensates all documented milk production losses in designated natural disaster areas at $4 per hundredweight (Public Laws 105 -277 and 105-174).
7 Two separate USDA decisions in FY 1999 resulted in payments to  hog producers of $49.081 and $71.074 million in FY 1999, plus $3 .066 million in FY 2000, totalling $123.221 million
for marketing year 1998.  Program is targeted to small sized operations.  There were no subsequent payments for marketing year 1999 or thereafter.
8 Honey and rye programs eliminated by the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996.  Recourse loan program authori zed for 1999 crop honey (Section 801, Title VIII,
Public Law 106-78).
9 Non-recourse loans and loan-related payments are mandated for 1996-2002 oilseed crops (Title I, Subtitle C, Public Law 104-127 ).  New, additional oilseed payments program started for
1999 crop under 1999 emergency crop market loss assistance provisions (Section 804, Subtitle A, Title VIII, Public Law 106-78).
10 Support payment programs for wool and mohair terminated on 31 December 1995.  A new market loss payment program was initiated for 1999 (Section 204, Title II, Public Law 106-
224).
11 Peanut support payment program initiated for 1999 crop (Section 803, Title VIII, Public Law 106-78).
12 A USDA adjustment program, initiated in July 1999 to improve competitiveness through production assistance payments, provides $68 million over four years under Clause 3 of Section
32 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of August 24, 1935, as amended.  Section 32 authorizes USDA payments to re-establish purc hasing power (Lamb Meat Adjustment Assistance
Program FSA Fact Sheets, August 14, 2000 and April, 2002).  The Agricultural Marketing Service transferred Section 32 funds to the FSA for program administration.
13 This is the loan value of damaged 1999 crop tob acco that was allowed to be forfeited to the CCC wit hout regard to its condition (Section 844, Public Law 106-387).
14 Payment initiated to partially compensate producers and quota owners for the reduction in the quantity of quota allotments fro m 1998 to 1999 crop year (Section 803, Title VIII, Public
Law 106-78).
15 The FY 2000 Agricultural Appropriation Act of October 22, 1999 provided payments to partially cover costs of 1999 crop tobacco  lost due to flooded warehouses.  $1 per pound of
tobacco was provided for documented losses (Section 803, Public Law 106-78; and Appendix E, Chapter 1 “Specialty Crop Assistan ce” of Public Law 106-113).G/AG/N/USA/43
Page 28
Public Law References:
Public Law 104-127, The Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (April 4, 1996).
Public Law 105-174, 1998 Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissi ons Act, Title II: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations – Cha pter 1: Department of Agriculture (May 1, 1998).
Public Law 105-277, Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, Title XI: Emergency and Market Loss Assistance (October 21, 1998).
Public Law 106-31, 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act,  Title I: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations – Chapter 1: Department of Agriculture (May 21, 1999).
Public Law 106-78, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000,  Title VIII: Emergency and Disaster Assistance for
Producers (October 22, 1999).
Public Law 106-224, Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000, Title II: Agricultural Assistance – Subtitle A: Market Loss Assis tance, (June 22, 2000).
Public Law 106-387, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 , Title VIII: Natural Disaster Assistance and Other
Emergency Appropriations, (October 28, 2000).G/AG/N/USA/43
Page 29Supporting Table DS:7
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  United States
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1999
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific Support
Description of
productMarketing year
starting…Measure type Other product-
specific
budgetary
outlays
($ million)Other product
specific
support
($ million)Fees/levies
($ million)Total other
support
($ million)Market price
support (from
DS:5)
($ million)Non-exempt
direct
payments
(from  DS:6)
($ million)Total AMS
($ million)New
notes,
data
sources
1 2 3 4567
(4+5-6)89 1 0
(7+8+9)11
Apples 1 June 1999 TOTAL AMS           99.386 99.386
Barley 1 June 1999 Storage payments NA1
Commodity loan interest subsidy 1.168
Subtotal other support 1.168 0.052 1.1162
Barley 1 June 1999 TOTAL AMS 1.116 0.000 38.618 39.734
Beef & Veal 1 Jan. 1999 Subtotal other support 0.000 0.000 0.000
Beef & Veal 1 Jan. 1999 TOTAL AMS 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Corn 1 Sept. 1999 Storage payments NA1
Commodity loan interest subsidy 144.798
Subtotal other support 144.798 4.777 140.0212
Corn 1 Sept. 1999 TOTAL AMS 140.021 0.000 2,414.150 2,554.171
Cotton 1 Aug. 1999 Storage payments 143.882
Commodity loan interest subsidy 76.602
Subtotal other support 220.484 4.246 216.2382
Cotton 1 Aug. 1999 TOTAL AMS 216.238 0.000 2,136.897 2,353.135G/AG/N/USA/43
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Description of
productMarketing year
starting…Measure type Other product-
specific
budgetary
outlays
($ million)Other product
specific
support
($ million)Fees/levies
($ million)Total other
support
($ million)Market price
support (from
DS:5)
($ million)Non-exempt
direct
payments
(from  DS:6)
($ million)Total AMS
($ million)New
notes,
data
sources
1 2 3 4567
(4+5-6)89 1 0
(7+8+9)11
Cranberries 1 Jan. 1999 TOTAL AMS 19.739 19.739
Dairy 1 Oct. 1999 Dairy assessments NA3
Northeast dairy compact benefit 54.9494
Subtotal other support 0.000 54.949 0.000 54.949
Dairy 1 Oct. 1999 TOTAL AMS 54.949 4,437.323 167.877 4,660.149
Hogs and pigs 1 Dec. 1998 TOTAL AMS 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Honey 1 April 1999 Commodity loan interest subsidy 0.2165
Subtotal other support 0.216 0.029 0.1872
Honey 1 April 1999 TOTAL AMS 0.187 0.000 0.000 0.187
Minor oilseeds
     Canola 1 June 1999 Commodity loan interest subsidy 0.262
Subtotal other support 0.262 0.012 0.2502
     Canola 1 June 1999 TOTAL AMS 0.250 0.000 38.869 39.119
Minor oilseeds
     Crambe 1 June 1999 Commodity loan interest subsidy
Subtotal other support0.073
0.073 0.003 0.0702
     Crambe 1 June 1999 TOTAL AMS 0.070 0.000 1.189 1.259
Minor oilseeds
     Flaxseed 1 July 1999 Commodity loan interest subsidy
Subtotal other support0.192
0.192 0.005 0.1872
     Flaxseed 1 July 1999 TOTAL AMS 0.187 0.000 11.011 11.198G/AG/N/USA/43
Page 31Description of
productMarketing year
starting…Measure type Other product-
specific
budgetary
outlays
($ million)Other product
specific
support
($ million)Fees/levies
($ million)Total other
support
($ million)Market price
support (from
DS:5)
($ million)Non-exempt
direct
payments
(from  DS:6)
($ million)Total AMS
($ million)New
notes,
data
sources
1 2 3 4567
(4+5-6)89 1 0
(7+8+9)11
Minor oilseeds
     Mustard seed 1 Sept. 1999 Commodity loan interest subsidy 0.017
Subtotal other support 0.017 0.000 0.0172
     Mustard seed 1 Sept. 1999 TOTAL AMS 0.017 0.000 0.694 0.711
Minor oilseeds
     Rapeseed 1 June 1999 Commodity loan interest subsidy 0.000
Subtotal other support 0.000 0.000 0.0002
     Rapeseed 1 June  1999 TOTAL AMS 0.000 0.000 0.050 0.050
Minor oilseeds
     Safflower 1 Sept. 1999 Commodity loan interest subsidy 0.005
Subtotal other support 0.005 0.001 0.0042
     Safflower 1 Sept. 1999 TOTAL AMS 0.004 0.000 1.994 1.998
Minor oilseeds
     Sunflower 1 Sept. 1999 Commodity loan interest subsidy 1.183
Subtotal other support 1.183 0.039 1.1442
     Sunflower 1 Sept. 1999 TOTAL AMS 1.144 0.000 141.936 143.080
Mohair 1 Jan.  1999 Commodity loan interest subsidy 0.2826
Subtotal other support 0.282 0.015 0.2672
Mohair 1 Jan. 1999 TOTAL AMS 0.267 0.000 1.559 1.826
Oats 1 June 1999 Storage payments NA1
Commodity loan interest subsidy 2.089
Subtotal other support 2.089 0.004 2.0852
Oats 1 June 1999 TOTAL AMS 2.085 0.000 28.454 30.539G/AG/N/USA/43
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Description of
productMarketing year
starting…Measure type Other product-
specific
budgetary
outlays
($ million)Other product
specific
support
($ million)Fees/levies
($ million)Total other
support
($ million)Market price
support (from
DS:5)
($ million)Non-exempt
direct
payments
(from  DS:6)
($ million)Total AMS
($ million)New
notes,
data
sources
1 2 3 4567
(4+5-6)89 1 0
(7+8+9)11
Peanuts 1 Aug. 1999 Commodity loan interest subsidy 1.7697
Subtotal other support 1.769 10.853 (9.084)2
Peanuts 1 Aug. 1999 TOTAL AMS (9.084) 303.128 55.042 349.086
Potatoes 1 Nov. 1998 TOTAL AMS 0.000 0.000 13.879 13.879
Rice 1 Aug. 1999 Commodity loan interest subsidy 35.424
Subtotal other support 35.424 1.215 34.2092
Rice 1 Aug. 1999 TOTAL AMS 34.209 0.000 400.777 434.986
Rye 1 June  1999 Commodity loan interest subsidy NA5
Subtotal other support 0.000 0.000
Rye 1 June 1999 TOTAL AMS 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Sheep & lamb 1 Aug. 1999 TOTAL AMS 13.000 13.000
Sorghum 1 Sept. 1999 Storage payments NA1
Commodity loan interest subsidy 1.101
Subtotal other support 1.101 0.063 1.0382
Sorghum 1 Sept. 1999 TOTAL AMS 1.038 0.000 152.794 153.832
Soybeans 1 Sept. 1999 Commodity loan interest subsidy 85.249
Subtotal other support 85.249 2.656 82.5932
Soybeans 1 Sept. 1999 TOTAL AMS 82.593 0.000 2,773.542 2,856.135G/AG/N/USA/43
Page 33Description of
productMarketing year
starting…Measure type Other product-
specific
budgetary
outlays
($ million)Other product
specific
support
($ million)Fees/levies
($ million)Total other
support
($ million)Market price
support (from
DS:5)
($ million)Non-exempt
direct
payments
(from  DS:6)
($ million)Total AMS
($ million)New
notes,
data
sources
1 2 3 4567
(4+5-6)89 1 0
(7+8+9)11
Sugar 1 Oct. 1999 Commodity loan interest subsidy 28.473
Subtotal other support 28.473 1.447 27.0262, 8
Sugar 1 Oct. 1999 TOTAL AMS 27.026 1,180.234 0.000 1,207.260
Tobacco 1 Oct.  1999 Commodity loan interest subsidy 39.467
Subtotal other support 39.467 47.910 (8.443)2
Tobacco 1 Oct. 1999 TOTAL AMS (8.443) 0.000 932.697 924.254
Wheat 1 June 1999 Storage payments NA1
Commodity loan interest subsidy 24.363
Subtotal other support 24.363 0.935 23.4282
Wheat 1 June 1999  TOTAL AMS 23.428 0.000 950.497 973.925
Wool 1 Jan.  1999 Subtotal other support NA 0.000 0.000
Wool 1 Jan. 1999 TOTAL AMS 0.000 0.000 8.702 8.702
All commodities
(before de
minimis)1999 TOTAL AMS 586.615 54.949 74.261 567.302 5,920.685 10,403.353 16,891.340
NA = Not applicable.
Footnotes:
1 Program suspended after 1995 by the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (Title I, Subtitle F, Permanent Pric e Support Authority, Public Law 104-127).
2 Fees/levies include loan origination and related fees for most loan commodities, in addition to marketing assessments for peanu ts and tobacco.
3 Dairy assessments terminated under provisions of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (Title  I, Subtitle  D, Chapter 1, Public Law 104-127) .G/AG/N/USA/43
Page 344 Net additional benefits provided to dairy producers at the subn ational level by the “North East  Dairy Compact,” initially autho rized by Title I, Subtitle D, Chapter 1, Public Law 104-127.
Program has been extended through September 30, 2001.   Since July 1997, users of Class 1 milk in the NE must pay at least $16. 94 per cwt. for the milk instead of whatever is the then
current Federal Milk Marketing Order Class 1 price.  Producers receive part of this additional value after a number of deductio ns and additions are made.  The amount reported here is
already net of the adjustments, so no separate “fee” is recorded.
5 Honey and rye programs eliminated by the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996.  A new recourse loan program w as started for 1998 honey (Section 1122, Public
Law 105-277).  Honey recourse loan program continued for 1999 crop (Section 801, Title VIII, Public Law 106-78).
6 Interest free recourse loans for mohair were authorised for the second year in a row – for fiscal year 2000 (Section 801, Subt itle A, Title VIII, Public Law 106-78).
7 Peanut interest subsidy for 1999 based on data for all loans out standing, as reported in both the CCC General Ledger and Financ ial Management Systems.  This includes data for producer
loans and producer association loans, for both quota and additional peanuts.  Source is the Farm Service Agency, USDA.
8 Sugar marketing assessments were suspended for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 by the fiscal year 2000 appropriations act (Public L aw 106-78).  Any actual or assumed fees related to the
mandated sugar forfeiture penalty (Subtitle D, Title I, Public Law 104-127) is already accounted for in supporting table DS:5 (see footnote 1).
Public Law References:
Public Law 104-127, The Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (April 4, 1996).
Public Law 105-277, Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, Title XI: Emergency and Market Loss Assistance (October 21, 1998).
Public Law 106-78, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000,  Title VIII: Emergency and Disaster Assistance for
Producers (October 22, 1999).G/AG/N/USA/43
Page 35Supporting Table DS:9
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  United States
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1999
Non-Product-Specific AMS
Measure type Non-product-
specific
budgetary
outlaysOther non-
product-specific
support
($ million)Associated
fees/leviesTotal non-product-
specific support
($ million)Data sources and comments
12 3 4 5 6
Irrigation on Bureau of Reclamation
Projects in 17 Western States:
Estimated water subsidies-
1986 543.3 Estimate provided to the Honorable George Miller, Chairman, Subcommittee
on Water and Power Resources, 24 February 1988, by the U.S. Department of
Interior.  This was in answer to the question: "What is the average annualirrigation subsidy provided through the Reclamation program?"  An answer wasincluded for 1986.
 Amount assumed for each year:
1986
1987
1988
1986-88
1995 revised
1996
1997
19981999543.3
543.3
543.3
543.3379.5379.5
348.5
348.5315.7543.3
543.3
543.3
543.3379.5379.5
348.5
348.5315.7Estimates do not exist for each year, so the 1986 estimate was assumed for
1986-1988.
Data for 1995 and 1996 have been revised based on a new estimate for 1994.
For 1997, a new estimate was calculated by the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR).
These calculations are based on a “debt financing method.”  A long term
interest rate is applied to the outstanding unpaid balance of capital investmentby the Government in irrigation facilities to obtain the subsidy.  Irrigators repaythe principal but not the interest on the project debt.  Estimates do not exist for
each year, so the 1997 estimate was assumed for 1998.  The BOR estimate for
1999 is $315.7 million.G/AG/N/USA/43
Page 36
Measure type Non-product-
specific
budgetary
outlaysOther non-
product-specific
support
($ million)Associated
fees/leviesTotal non-product-
specific support
($ million)Data sources and comments
12 3 4 5 6
Net Federal budget outlays for
grazing livestock on Federal Land  (fiscal year data are used)
1986
19871988
1986-88 avg.
199519961997
1998
1999
Crop and revenue insurance
subsidized by the Federal Crop
Insurance Corporation: (crop year data are used)
    Indemnities paid to farmers:
198619871988
1986-88 avg.
1995
19961997
1998
199949.600
49.80048.800
49.400
71.28272.42273.177
73.454
77.420
615.742
369.844
1,067.611
684.399
1,566.522
1,492.804
991.261
1,675.581
2,432.19223.400
22.50025.000
23.633
26.28521.97322.369
22.458
22.487
291.649
277.506328.403
299.186
653.864
856.749872.106
928.615
918.09826.200
27.30023.800
25.767
44.99750.44950.808
50.996
54.933
324.093
92.338
739.208
385.213
912.658
636.055119.155
746.966
1,514.094The data are net budget outlays for livestock grazing on public range land in 16
Western States operated by the Forest Service (FS) and Bureau of LandManagement (BLM).  The net budget outlays include (as negative outlays) the
receipts for fees paid by livestock pr oducers, but do not include other "non-fee"
costs paid by the producers, such as for building and maintaining water suppliesand fences.  Including the other non-fee costs could reduce the net outlayfigure, perhaps to zero.  Fiscal year data are used.
Producers may choose one of the various types of crop yield or revenue
insurance plans made available each year.  The contracted-for insurancepremiums are subsidized.  The value of th e subsidy is reflected in the net value
of the indemnities paid to producers for losses less the amount of the producer-
paid premium.  Indemnities are paid whenever actual yield or revenue fallsbelow the guarantee level.
The chosen guarantee (coverage) level commonly ranges from 50% and 75% of
the historical average yield or expected revenue.  Some new coverage levels
have been offered at the 85% level.  This data also includes information for theGroup Risk Plan (GRP), introduced in 1993, and the Group Risk Income Plan(GRIP) and Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) plan, both introduced in 1999.
GRP and GRIP indemnities are paid when county-wide results fall below the
guarantee level that ranges up as high as 90% of expected yield or revenue.G/AG/N/USA/43
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specific
budgetary
outlaysOther non-
product-specific
support
($ million)Associated
fees/leviesTotal non-product-
specific support
($ million)Data sources and comments
12 3 4 5 6
Multi-year crop disaster payments
19981999
State credit programs:
1986
1987
1988
1986-88 avg.
1995
1996
199719981999
Crop market loss assistance
payments
1998
1999577.349
0
28.661
49.962
51.172
43.265
48.806
48.806
48.80648.80648.806
2,811.340
5,467.670577.349
0
28.661
49.962
51.172
43.265
48.806
48.806
48.80648.80648.806
2,811.340
5,467.670The Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act,
1999 (P.L. 105-277, October 21, 1998) included a provision (Section 1102) for
making crop disaster payments conditional on having experienced multi-year
losses.  As implemented, payments were based on the amount of indemnitiesfrom crop insurance or non-insured assistance programs during 1994-98.Multi-year payments are reported here for crop year 1998, along with crop
insurance benefits, because eligibility was not based on the 30% loss criteria
required for the green box.  1999 crop benefits were zero.
Various credit-related programs for agriculture are funded by State
governments to: supplement Federal programs, promote the "family farm,"
assist during economic downturns, and promote new enterprises and
technological innovations.  The data come from results of a mail survey by theU.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, reported by G.B. Wallace and others in "State Credit Subsidy Programs for Agriculture,"
Agricultural Income and Finance Situation and Outlook Report, pp. 10-14
(December 1990).
Amount for fiscal years 1995-1999 are assumed to equal the 1994 amount that
was obtained from a survey for fiscal year 1994, the latest survey available.
Producers who received fiscal year 1999 production flexibility contract
payments (PFC) received additional market loss payments (MLP) in proportion
to the amount of their PFC payments.  This was required by Section 802,Subtitle A, Title VIII of Public Law 106-78 (October 22, 1999), Emergency andDisaster Assistan ce for Producers.G/AG/N/USA/43
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Measure type Non-product-
specific
budgetary
outlaysOther non-
product-specific
support
($ million)Associated
fees/leviesTotal non-product-
specific support
($ million)Data sources and comments
12 3 4 5 6
Emergency loans for seed producers
1999
Farm storage facility loan program
19992.918
1.3922.918
1.392Provides interest-free loans to producers of 1999 crop grass, forage, vegetable,
or sorghum seed who did not receive payment for contracts with a large private
turf, forage, and alfalfa seed company as a result of bankruptcy.  The programwas authorized by the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-224;June 22, 2000).
Provides low-cost financing for farmers to build or upgrade on-farm grain
storage and handling facilities.  The program is authorized under the
Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act of 1949.  It was discontinued in the
early 1980s and re-established in FY2000.
Total non-product-specific
Support:
1986
19871988
1986-88 avg.
1995
1996
1997
19981999694.003
469.606
1,167.583
777.064
1,686.610
1,614.032
1,113.244
5,186.5308,030.398543.300
543.300543.300
543.300
379.498
379.498
348.459
348.459315.700315.049
300.006353.403
322.819
680.149
878.722
894.475
951.073940.585922.254
712.900
1,357.480
997.545
1,385.959
1,114.808
567.228
4,583.916
7,405.513AMS IS NOT SUBJECT TO REDUCTION BECAUSE THE TOTAL IS LESS
THAN 5 PER CENT OF THE VALUE OF PRODUCTION OF U.S.AGRICULTURE.
(0.05*$142,930 mil. = $7,146 mil. in 1986-88)
(0.05*$190,110 million = $9,505 million in 1995)
(0.05*$205,701 million = $10,285 million in 1996)
(0.05*$203,884 million = $10,194 million in 1997)
(0.05*$190,886 million = $9,544 million in 1998)(0.05*$184,735 million = $9,237 million in 1999)
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