Commodity Programs: Impact of Support Provisions on Selected Commodity Prices

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Year: 1997
Pages: 52
Binding Paperback

Product Code: 0788143573

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Juliann M. Gerkens. Addresses questions that are concerned with how remaining support provisions affect U.S. commodity prices in comparison with world prices: (1) Do marketing loan provisions prevent loan rates from acting as price floors & do they allow U.S. prices to fall to levels that are closer to world prices? (2) What effect would lower loan rates have on the relationship between U.S. & world prices? (3) How would a lower loan rate affect step 2 payments for cotton exports & what impact have recent changes in the timing of payments had on the program’s effectiveness? (4) What steps could make the peanut & sugar programs more market-oriented? Charts & tables.

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