Operating unit of the US Department of Agriculture, under the management of an Undersecretary for International Affairs and Commodity Programs, that manages export credits, surplus stocks and acquisition of commodities for PL 480 and Section 416(b) purposes. CRS--Catholic Relief Services, a PVO that is participating in WISHH efforts.
A wholly government-owned corporation established in 1933 to assist U.S. agriculture. The major operations of the CCC are price-support programs in which it purchases excess supplies of commodities, and provides assistance in foreign exports of agricultural commodities.
The Commodity Credit Corporation is a wholly owned federal corporation within the U.S. Department of Agriculture formed to finance price supports for agricultural commodities. The objectives of the CCC are to stabilize and support income and commodity prices. In addition, the CCC facilitates the distribution and the balanced supply of agricultural commodities.
A public corporation attached to the U.S. Department of Agriculture that provides financial and other services associated with public price-support activities for certain agricultural commodities, including loans, guarantees, purchases, sales, storage, transport and export programs. See also: Export Enhancement Program
A branch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, established in 1933, that supervises the government's farm loan and subsidy programs.
A government owned and operated corporation authorized to borrow funds from the U.S. Treasury to operate the U.S. Department of Agriculture's price and income support programs, to manage government owned stocks of agricultural commodities and administer their disposal through domestic and export programs. Most activities are carried out by ASCS personnel, although certain programs are administered and implemented through the Agricultural Marketing Service, the Foreign Agricultural Service, and the Food and Nutrition Service.
A government-owned corporation established in 1933 to support prices through purchases of excess crops, to control supply through acreage reduction programs, and to devise export programs.
(Also referred to as CCC) An agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that supports the U.S. Farming industry and, in addition, provides financing for the export of U.S. Agricultural products.
A government-owned corporation established in 1933 to assist American agriculture. Major operations include price support programs, foreign sales, and export credit programs for agricultural commodities.
The Commodity Credit Corporation, or CCC, is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture created on October 17, 1933. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued Executive Order 6340 the day before, which ordered the creation of the CCC as a Delaware corporation.
