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Wheat Commodity Program: Impact on Producers' Income

RCED-93-175BR Published: Sep 08, 1993. Publicly Released: Sep 16, 1993.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) wheat commodity program's effect on wheat producers' incomes, focusing on the: (1) program's costs and benefits to wheat producers and buyers; (2) distribution of payments to program participants by county and farms; and (3) distribution of government payments to farms whose wheat production accounted for 50 percent or more of the farms' crop and livestock production.

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Agricultural programsCommodity marketingCost analysisFarm income stabilization programsFarm subsidiesGrain and grain productsPrice supportsTransfer paymentsFarmingCrops