Provides legislative background on emergency farm assistance provided to USDA programs and directly to farmers in FY2000 as compensation for effects of low farm commodity prices and natural disasters, and discusses appropriations for farm commodity market loss disbursed to grain, cotton, soybean, oilseed, tobacco, peanut farms, dairy, sugar, and honey. Addresses disaster payments, livestock assistance, and other emergency farm assistance.
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