Crop Insurance and Disaster Assistance in the 2008 Farm Bill.

Provides introduction to the USDA Federal crop insurance program and federally mandated ad-hoc crop disaster payments used to help mitigate financial losses experienced by crop farmers as a result of natural disasters. Discusses current issues and related programs included in P.L. 110-246, the Food,...

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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:	Agriculture and state. Disaster relief. Agricultural insurance. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Provides introduction to the USDA Federal crop insurance program and federally mandated ad-hoc crop disaster payments used to help mitigate financial losses experienced by crop farmers as a result of natural disasters. Discusses current issues and related programs included in P.L. 110-246, the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (the 2008 farm bill).
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.