Commodity Credit Corporation - CCC
- Commodity Credit Corporation - CCC
- An agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) was created to support and protect the income of American farmers, as well as agricultural prices. This agency assists in maintaining an adequate variety and volume of agricultural commodity supplies. The CCC also helps to facilitate their systematic distribution.
The CCC was created on October 17, 1933 as part of President Roosevelt's New Deal program. It was incorporated under a Delaware charter and given intial capitalization of $3 million. It was reincorporated in 1948 as a federal corporation.
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Commodity Credit Corporation — The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is a wholly owned government corporation created in 1933 to stabilize, support, and protect farm income and prices (federally chartered by the CCC Charter Act of 1948 (P.L. 80 806)). The CCC is authorized to … Wikipedia
Commodity Credit Corporation — The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) was organized October 17, 1933, pursuant to Executive Order 6340 of October 16, 1933, under the laws of the State of Delaware, as an agency of the United States. From October 17, 1933, to July 1, 1939, the… … Black's law dictionary
Commodity Credit Corporation — The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) was organized October 17, 1933, pursuant to Executive Order 6340 of October 16, 1933, under the laws of the State of Delaware, as an agency of the United States. From October 17, 1933, to July 1, 1939, the… … Black's law dictionary
Commodity Credit Corporation — La Commodity Credit Corporation ou CCC est une agence gouvernementale américaine rattachée au département de l Agriculture des États Unis qui fut créée le 17 octobre 1933 dans le cadre du New Deal de Franklin D. Roosevelt. Un jour plus tôt,… … Wikipédia en Français
Commodity Credit Corporation — ( CCC) 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. The CENTER ONLINE Futures Glossary … Financial and business terms
Commodity certificate — Commodity certificates are payments issued by the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) in lieu of cash payments to participants in farm subsidy or agricultural export programs. Holders of certificates are permitted to exchange them for commodities… … Wikipedia
Commodity loan rate — The commodity loan rate is the price per unit (pound, bushel, bale, or hundredweight) at which the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) provides commodity loans to farmers to enable them to hold commodities for later sale, to realize marketing loan … Wikipedia
Commodity Distribution Program — The Commodity Distribution Program, a program under Section 14 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (NSLA) (P.L. 79 396, as amended), requires the Secretary of Agriculture to use agricultural surplus removal funds (Section 32) and… … Wikipedia
Commodity programs — In United States federal agricultural policy, the term commodity programs is usually meant to include the commodity price and income support programs administered by the Farm Service Agency and financed by the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC).… … Wikipedia
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