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Presidential Determination

Food Security Wheat Reserve Release

President Clinton authorized the release of up to 200,000 metric tons of wheat from the Food Security Wheat Reserve for humanitarian food aid to the Caucasus region of the former Soviet Union in fiscal year 1994, citing severe food shortages and unanticipated exceptional need that could not be met through normal food assistance channels.

Federal Register 59 FR 37153
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Impact dates

  1. Wheat release authorization for fiscal year 1994

Market exposure

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Sectors

Agriculture

Mechanisms

Procurement

Role pressure

  • MixedDomestic producer — Reserve release removes wheat from government holdings, potentially reducing demand for new procurement but also signaling price-insensitive supply source for humanitarian use
  • UncertainTrading-partner exporter — Caucasus region receives concessional wheat rather than commercial imports, displacing potential market demand but addressing emergency need

Geographies

USOTHER

Illustrative public companies

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ADMArcher Daniels MidlandBGBungeCATCaterpillarCTVACortevaTSNTyson Foods

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Key directives

  • Authorize release of up to 200,000 metric tons of wheat from Food Security Wheat Reserve for fiscal year 1994
  • Direct wheat for use under Title II of Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954
  • Direct Secretary of Agriculture to publish determination in Federal Register

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Authorization for wheat reserve release takes effect
  • Secretary of Agriculture directed to publish determination in Federal Register

Near term (90d)

  • Up to 200,000 metric tons of wheat to be released for Title II food assistance programs
  • Commodity procurement and shipping logistics for Caucasus relief

Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • Fiscal year 1994 deadline creates time-bound constraint on release authority
  • Unanticipated need justification suggests emergency bypass of normal procurement, potentially raising oversight questions
Presidential Determination: Food Security Wheat Reserve Release · Executive Orders