Commodity Credit Corporation

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The Commodity Credit Corporation is a U.S. government-owned entity within the Department of Agriculture that finances and supports farm income, price stability, and agricultural commodity programs.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal government agency
government-owned corporation
abbreviation CCC
authorizedByStatute Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act
boardComposition Secretary of Agriculture and other USDA officials
canBorrowUpTo US$30,000,000,000
charterActYear 1948
country United States
employer United States Department of Agriculture employees
function finance price support operations for agricultural commodities
make payments to agricultural producers
manage commodity inventories
provide nonrecourse loans to farmers
purchase agricultural commodities
support conservation and disaster assistance programs
support export credit guarantee programs
fundingSource U.S. Treasury
hasLiabilitiesGuaranteedBy United States government NERFINISHED
hasProgram Food for Progress
Foreign Market Development Program
Market Access Program
commodity purchase programs
export credit guarantee programs
loan deficiency payments
marketing assistance loans
price support loans
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C.
inception 1933
industry agricultural finance
jurisdiction federal government of the United States
legalForm federally chartered corporation
operatesUnder United States farm bill legislation
overseenBy Office of the Secretary of Agriculture
ownedBy United States government
parentOrganization United States Department of Agriculture
purpose assist in the orderly distribution of agricultural commodities
stabilize agricultural commodity prices
support agricultural commodity programs
support agricultural exports
support farm income
regulates agricultural commodity price support operations
reorganized 1948
sector agriculture
usedFor funding ad hoc agricultural disaster assistance
funding conservation incentive programs
funding farm bill commodity programs
funding trade and export promotion programs
website https://www.usda.gov/ccc


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