Peanut Backgrounder—U.S. peanut growers in recent years have confronted pressures from market forces and the impacts of policy developments. This report contains information on supply and demand developments, domestic and trade policy, a peanut farm profile and financial characteristics, and addresses issues and opportunities to be considered in domestic agricultural policy deliberations. |
Peanut Policy Change and Adjustment Under the 2002 Farm Act—This report examines the experience of the peanut sector following the 2002 Farm Act's elimination of the marketing quota system, and identifies factors affecting the transition to a more market-oriented system. |
