@article{Weldon:15683,
      recid = {15683},
      author = {Weldon, Richard N. and VanSickle, John J.},
      title = {THE EXPECTED COST OF AN INCOME SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR  PROCESSING ORANGES},
      address = {2002},
      number = {1603-2016-134395},
      series = {Policy Brief PBTC 02-5},
      pages = {18},
      year = {2002},
      abstract = {The Florida citrus industry operates in a competitive  global market. However, unlike program crops, producers in  this industry do not benefit from direct income support  under the new Farm Bill. There is concern about the impact  of elimination of the orange juice tariff on the financial  health of the Florida orange industry. The purpose of this  paper is to examine the level of government expenditure  that would be needed to provide income support to orange  producers if the orange juice tariff were eliminated. For  the span of the Bill direct payments to corn are estimated  to total $25.1 billion. By comparison the direct  expenditures incurred for an income support program for  oranges would be substantially less. In the early years  with the tariff in place the expenditures are estimated to  be about $300 million and would fall below $200 million by  2007. If the tariff were removed government support would  initially be $925 million but would decline to about $700  million in 2007. Over the six-year period, 2002-2007, the  direct payment to orange producers would be $1,538.5  million with retention of the tariff and $4,721.8 million  if the tariff were eliminated.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/15683},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.15683},
}