7 U.S.C. § 1741

The Commodity Credit Corporation shall, as rapidly as the Secretary of Agriculture shall determine to be practicable, set aside within its inventories not more than the following maximum quantities and not less than the following minimum quantities of agricultural commodities or products thereof heretofore or hereafter acquired by it from 1954 and prior years’ crops and production in connection with its price support operations: CommodityMaximum quantityMinimum quantity Wheat (bushels)500,000,000400,000,000 Upland cotton (bales)4,000,0003,000,000 Cottonseed oil (pounds)500,000,0000 Butter (pounds)200,000,0000 Nonfat dry milk solids (pounds)300,000,0000 Cheese (pounds)150,000,0000 Such quantities shall be known as the “commodity set-aside”.