7 U.S.C. § 1741 — Maximum and minimum quantities for set-aside; “commodity set-aside” defined

The Commodity Credit Corporation must, as rapidly as the Secretary of Agriculture finds practical, set aside in its inventories commodities or products acquired in connection with price-support operations from crops and production of 1954 and earlier years. It may hold no more than, and must hold no less than, these amounts: - Wheat: maximum 500,000,000 bushels; minimum 400,000,000 bushels. - Upland cotton: maximum 4,000,000 bales; minimum 3,000,000 bales. - Cottonseed oil: maximum 500,000,000 pounds; minimum 0. - Butter: maximum 200,000,000 pounds; minimum 0. - Nonfat dry milk solids: maximum 300,000,000 pounds; minimum 0. - Cheese: maximum 150,000,000 pounds; minimum 0. These amounts are called the “commodity set-aside.”