Federal Farm Promotion ("Check-Off") Programs.

Provides background on USDA national generic farm commodity promotional ("check-off") programs, and discusses the rationale for these programs. Reviews Supreme Court cases challenging the constitutionality of mandatory check-off programs; and summarizes potential implications of Supreme Co...

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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], 2008.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Advertising. Farm produce. Farm produce > Marketing. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Provides background on USDA national generic farm commodity promotional ("check-off") programs, and discusses the rationale for these programs. Reviews Supreme Court cases challenging the constitutionality of mandatory check-off programs; and summarizes potential implications of Supreme Court ruling in the beef check-off case for other promotion programs.
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.