7 U.S.C. § 1421b: Costs of production

Congress finds that, to improve the accuracy of commodity program benefit forecasts, the Secretary of Agriculture should designate a single organization to manage its commodity program forecasting and establish a quality control program to—(1) systematically identify the source of forecasting errors; (2) maintain records of data used for supply and demand forecasts; (3) document its forecasting methods; and (4) correct weaknesses in its various forecasting components.