1、1 Data in this report, unless otherwise specified, are U.S. Department of Agriculture data fromrecent issues of Tobacco: World Markets and Trade, published by the Foreign AgricultureService, and Tobacco Situation and Outlook Reports, published by the Economic ResearchService.Congressional Research S
2、ervice The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code 95-129Updated December 31, 2005Tobacco Price Support:An Overview of the Program-name redacted-Agricultural Policy SpecialistResources, Science, and Industry DivisionSummaryAbout 94% of U.S. tobacco production
3、 is flue-cured and burley (both beingcigarette tobacco types). These crops are particularly important to the agriculture ofNorth Carolina (where flue-cured is grown) and Kentucky (where burley is grown).Together, these two states produce 66% of the total U.S. tobacco crop. The federaltobacco price s
4、upport program was designed to support and stabilize prices for farmers.It operated through a combination of mandatory marketing quotas and nonrecourseloans. Marketing quotas limit the amount of tobacco each farmer could sell, whichindirectly raised market prices. The loan program established guaran
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