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 104 STAT. 4074 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 Reports. 7 USC 1421c. 7 USC 1421d. commodity program benefit forecasts, the Secretary of Agriculture should designate a single organization to manage its commodity program forecasting and establish a quality control program to— (1) systematically identify the source of forecasting errors; (2) maintain records of data used for supply and demand forecasts; (3) document its forecasting methods; and (4) correct weaknesses in its various forecasting components. (b) RETURN ON ASSETS.— The Secretary of Agriculture shall annually publish a report analyzing the return on assets resulting from the production of upland cotton, rice, wheat, corn, oats, barley, grain sorghum, soybeans, peanuts, sugar from sugar beets, and raw sugar from sugar cane. In conducting this analysis, the Secretary shall consider returns from agricultural price support programs, the effects of agricultural price support programs on cost of production, the factors currently used in Department of Agriculture cost of production data, current value of land, and any other information that he considers necessary to reflect accurately return on the production of such crops. SEC. 2513. FARM VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. (a) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary of Agriculture (hereafter in this section referred to as the "Secretary") shall develop a system for informing the ultimate consumer of the approximate amount of money (in terms of United States currency) paid the agricultural producer for each primary commodity, contained in retail products. For the purposes of this subsection, the term "primary commodity" means any of 135 United States agricultural commodities the Secretary determines are of dietary significance (including all of the commodities for which Federal agricultural programs exist under the Agricultural Act of 1949). (b) ANNUAL REPORT BY SECRETARY. — The Secretary shall annually submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, by type of commodity or product, a report containing the information required to be made available to the consumer under subsection (a). In developing such report, the Secretary may seek assistance from such persons as the Secretary deems appropriate. SEC. 2514. COMMODITY REPORTS. (a) CROP REPORTS.— The Secretary of Agriculture (hereafter in this section referred to as the "Secretary") shall gather data from producers to be used to develop crop reports to be distributed by the Secretary during the growing season. The report shall contain statements of the conditions of those crops by State, with such explanations, comparisons, and information as may be useful for illustrating such reports. (b) SPECIAL REPORTS. — (1) IN GENERAL. — In addition to the reports compiled pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall annually survey producers for information for reports regarding supply, acreage, production, disposition, and prices for the following commodities as determined by the Secretary: (A) 25 fresh market vegetables; (B) 3 processing vegetables; (C) 6 fruits and nuts; (D) 17 forage and turf seeds;

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