Number: 95-129
Title: Tobacco Price Support: An Overview of the Program
Authors: Jasper Womach, Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division 
Abstract: About 94 percent of U.S. tobacco production is flue-cured and burley (cigarette tobacco types). These crops are particularly important to the agriculture of North Carolina and Kentucky. The federal tobacco price support program is designed to support and stabilize prices for farmers.
Pages: 6
Date: June 25, 2004