Late October–December 24, 1947 (official accounts differ by one day)
United States
The episode shows federal food-conservation policy operating first through negotiated industry restraint. Its failure to produce an agreed continuing program helped trigger the mandatory plant-quota order that followed.
Two complete presidential records agree on a 60-day shutdown ending December 24. The January 29 message says it began at midnight October 25; the January 31 statement gives October 24. Preserve this one-day discrepancy unless the original industry agreement is recovered.
The distilling industry paused production for roughly two months as part of national grain-conservation efforts, before negotiations for a continuing voluntary program broke down.