Federal Crop Insurance: Background (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781507531198)

The federal crop insurance program began in 1938 when Congress authorized the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. The current program, which is administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency (RMA), provides producers with risk management tools to address crop yield and/or revenue losses for about 130 crops. The federal farm safety net also includes the farm commodity support programs, which provide price and income support for a much narrower list of "covered and loan commodities" such as corn, wheat, rice, and peanuts.

Author: Congressional Research Service
ISBN-10: 1507531192
ISBN-13: 9781507531198
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 01/09/2015
Pages: 26
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.19lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.05d