Farm Commodity Payment Limits: Comparison of Proposals
Description:
This report discusses U.S. policy regard farm commodities. Greater public awareness of the size of commodity program payments reaching a
comparatively small number of very large farms has focused the attention of Congress on payment limits. Limits on commodity program payments have been imposed since 1970. As part of the emergency economic assistance packages enacted each of the past
three years, the payment limits have been doubled. In addition, a mechanism has been developed that allows farms…
more
Date:
April 26, 2002
Creator:
Womach, Jasper
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department