Excerpt from the report Introduction: The United States Department of Agriculture, through the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) and the Production and Marketing Administration (PMA), carries on a number of operations aimed at protecting prices received by farmers for agricultural commodities. These operations, commonly referred to as “price programs,” include the price-support program, the International Wheat Agreement, section 32 programs, the national school lunch program, marketing agreement and order programs, and the sugar program.