Evaluation of the Quality of Corn Stored by USDA at a Plainview, TX, Grain Warehouse

RCED-84-175: Published: Aug 17, 1984. Publicly Released: Aug 17, 1984.

Additional Materials:

Contact:

Office of Public Affairs
(202) 512-4800
youngc1@gao.gov

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO investigated reports that significant quantities of corn owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) and stored in commercial warehouses in Texas had seriously deteriorated.

The GAO review focused on one particular warehouse in Texas where about 22 million bushels of CCC-owned corn have been stored since 1980. Analyses performed in November 1983 and in February 1984 revealed that the quality of the CCC-owned corn stored at the warehouse had not deteriorated beyond what would normally be expected over a period of almost 4 years. GAO found no basis for questioning the usefulness of the stored corn for making payments under the payment-in-kind (PIK) program or for feeding livestock. Officials stated that they were not aware of any complaints about the quality of the corn which the warehouse had supplied for the PIK program.

Jul 17, 2018

Jul 2, 2018

Jun 5, 2018

Apr 18, 2018

Apr 16, 2018

Apr 10, 2018

Mar 5, 2018

Nov 30, 2017

Nov 27, 2017

Nov 21, 2017

Looking for more? Browse all our products here