DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT CRET COPY NO WAR CABINET M. (###2)17. MAY, ### 1942. FOOD POLICY COMMITTEE REPORT ON FOOD PRODUCTION, MAY, 1942. Memorandum by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for the Home Department. onditions of Crops and Livestock at the beginning of May, 1942. April was dry and night frosts and easterly winds etarded growth in the latter part of the month. Rain and warmth ere badly needed.