Excerpt from Wheat, Vol. 274: Outlook and Situation Yearbook; February 1986 Balancing supply and demand was the major goal in the development of 1985 farm legislation. On December 23, the President signed the Food Security Act of 1985, setting up a broad program for the 1986 wheat crop and four subsequent crops. This farm bill gives the Secretary of Agriculture considerable discretion in designating specific program features. Basic to the farmer is the decision whether to participate in the voluntary program. Only by signing up will the grower receive target price protection and price support loans. For the 1986 wheat crop, the target price will be a bushel, the same as in 1985. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.