Federal Crop Insurance : Background.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agricultural insurance.

Agricultural subsidies.

Agriculture and state.

Farm produce.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (27 pages)) : digital, PDF file

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2015.

System Details:

System requirements: PDF reader software.

text file

PDF

Summary:

Provides primer on Federal crop insurance program and related issues. Covers policy availability, actuarial soundness, types of insurance, geographic distribution of program participation and indemnities, crop insurance premium subsidies, and distribution of producer subsidies. Examines Federal program costs, the Standard Reinsurance Agreement, and crop insurance provisions in 2014 farm bill. Includes tables and graphs.

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 14-R4-0532a in the 2014 issue.

Notes:

CRS Report.

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Aug. 2015). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division. Federal Crop Insurance

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.