Tobacco, the sixth largest cash crop grown in the United States, is cultivated in 21 States. The United States produces 23 types of tobacco divided into eight major classes of tobacco. Tobacco is used for cigarettes, Cigars, chewing tobacco, snuff, pipe tobacco, and roll-your-own cigarettes. The...

The Economic Research Service (ERS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), estimates gross farm income and its component cash receipts and government payment accounts annually. Loan activity data from USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) are critical to these estimations. This report...