Minnesota Session Laws - 1993, Regular Session

  
    Laws of Minnesota 1993 

                        RESOLUTION 3-H.F.No. 20 
 A resolution memorializing the United States Secretary 
of Agriculture to establish higher price supports for 
grain commodities. 
    WHEREAS, during 1992, Minnesota's farmers were troubled by 
adverse weather conditions including wet weather, a cool summer, 
and tornadoes; and 
    WHEREAS, in many parts of the country the fall harvest was 
nearly disastrous because of extremely low grain test weights 
and very high moisture content; and 
    WHEREAS, the market price for grain commodities produced by 
family farms is currently well below the cost of production; and 
    WHEREAS, the benefits of a healthy farm economy are shared 
by all citizens; and 
    WHEREAS, the Secretary of Agriculture has authority to 
increase levels of price support; NOW, THEREFORE, 
    BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota 
that it urges the United States Secretary of Agriculture to use 
the authority granted by United States Code, title 7, section 
1422, to hold hearings and establish price supports for grain 
commodities at a level in excess of the support price otherwise 
prescribed. 
    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State of the 
State of Minnesota is directed to prepare certified copies of 
this memorial and transmit them to the President of the United 
States, the United States Secretary of Agriculture, the chairman 
of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, the chairman of the 
House Committee on Agriculture, and Minnesota's Senators and 
Representatives in Congress. 
    Presented to the governor May 10, 1993 
    Signed by the governor May 11, 1993, 6:04 p.m.