Federal Crop Insurance : Background and Issues.

Provides primer on Federal crop insurance program and discusses related issues. Covers program history, types of insurance and geographic distribution of indemnities, intersection with other Government programs, program costs, risk sharing and private company expense reimbursement, and farmer concer...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Agricultural insurance. Agriculture and state. Risk assessment. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Provides primer on Federal crop insurance program and discusses related issues. Covers program history, types of insurance and geographic distribution of indemnities, intersection with other Government programs, program costs, risk sharing and private company expense reimbursement, and farmer concerns with crop insurance. Discusses key issues for Congress.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.