E DE LA GARZA, Texas Vice Chairman COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE THOMAS S. FOLEY, Washington, Chairman WALTER B. JONES, North Carolina DAWSON MATHIS, Georgia GEORGE E. BROWN, JR., California FREDERICK W. RICHMOND, New York JIM WEAVER, Oregon BERKLEY BEDELL, Iowa CHARLES WHITLEY, North Carolina KENT HANCE, Texas BERYL ANTHONY, JR., Arkansas WILLIAM C. WAMPLER, Virginia CONTENTS H.R. 7142, a bill to eliminate any cross compliance requirement as a con- dition of eligibility for loans and purchases in the case of 1979 crop soy- beans thus providing soybean producers with a needed source of short-term credit during their financial crisis__. Report from U.S. Department of Agriculture_ Findley, Hon. Paul, a Representative in Congress from the State of WITNESSES Aves, Allan, president, American Soybean Association, Washington, D.C.-- Hjort, Howard W., Director of Economics, Policy Analysis and Budget, U.S. Department of Agriculture--- Mullins, Robert J., assistant director, legislative services, National Farmers Steele, Harold B., president, Illinois Farm Bureau, telegram of May 13, |