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Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act of 1983
This Act is P.L. 98-180 (November 29, 1983) which was designated the Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act of 1983. Title I authorised a voluntary dairy diversion program, which was operated between January 1984 and March 1985. Producers who elected to participate in the programme and reduce their milk marketings by between 5 and 30% below their base production were paid $10 per hundred pounds (cwt.) for these reductions. For a 16-month period (12/1/83- 3/31/85), all dairy farmers were assessed 50 cents per cwt. on all milk marketed to help defray the cost of the diversion program. The Act also authorised a national dairy check-off programme for dairy product promotion, research and nutrition education. This self-help programme is funded through a permanent 15-cent per cwt. assessment on all milk production, and is administered by a board of dairy farmers who are appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture. Title II was designated the Tobacco Adjustment Act of 1983. Title II provided for reduced levels of price support for tobacco, the prohibition of lease and transfer of flue-cured quota, the mandatory sale of allotments and quotas by nonfarming entities, the required inspection of imported tobacco, and various other modifications to the tobacco programs.
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