Farm Programs: Direct Payments Shouls Be Reconsidered

Federal law mandates support for farmers through various programs, including direct payments. USDA, through its Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), calculates direct payments using a formula that factors in "base acres," a measure of a farm's crop production history based on the number of acres planted on the farm during certain past years. The term base acres refers to a farm's average planted acreage of specific crops during those years; the term does not refer to specific physical acres on that farm.

• | Author: U S Government Accountability Office
• | Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Aug 12, 2013
• | Number of Pages: 60 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1492106860
• | ISBN-13: 9781492106869