[20050207]RS20848_农产品计划：短基础.pdf

1 USDAs Farm Service Agency (FSA) delivers CCC-funded commodity program benefitsthrough a network of local (“county”) offices overseen by committees of elected farmers.Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS20848Updated February 7, 2005Farm Commodity Programs: A Short Primernae redactedSpecialist in Agricultural PolicyResources, Science, and Industry DivisionSummaryThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is required by law to subsidizeapproximately two dozen specified agricultural commodities. Several permanentstatutes provide the basic authority for these subsidies; more recent multi-year farm billsshape their operation and funding levels. The most recent omnibus farm bill is the FarmSecurity and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (P.L.107-171). However, Congress sinceFY1989 has also passed 30 appropriations, authorization, or farm disaster acts addingapproximately $53 billion in supplemental funding for USDA farm and related programs(through October 2004). This report will not be updated.OverviewUSDA commodity and price support programs represent the heart of U.S. farmpolicy, by virtue of their long histor