Surplus Crop Production and the Small Reclamation Projects Act

摘要

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Small Reclamation Projects Act (SRPA) program, by providing aid to improve existing irrigation systems, can increase irrigated acreage and crop production. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's commodity programs concurrently use target prices and acreage restrictions to cut production of surplus crops, namely corn, sorghum, oats, barley, wheat, rice, and upland cotton. The report reviews the links between SRPA loans and surplus crop production, and associated commodity program costs.