Sugar Program Proposals for the Next Farm Bill.

Format:

Book

Government document

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture and state.

Agricultural price supports.

Food prices.

Agricultural prices.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (15 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2013.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Provides background on USDA sugar program, which provides a price guarantee to processors and producers of sugarcane and sugar beets; and summarizes pro/con arguments for renewal of the sugar program in context of the omnibus 2012 farm bill. Covers legislative activity in the 112th and 113th Congresses to reauthorize and amend the program. Outlines CBO cost estimates and FY2013 program costs, considers implications for sugar program authority expiration, and reviews sugar market price issues.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed May 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division. Sugar Program Proposals for the Next Farm Bill

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.