The Marketing Assistance Loan Program (MALP) Is

Multiple Choice

The Marketing Assistance Loan Program (MALP) is

A) similar in design to the US Sugar Program. MALP is provided to producers at a zero cost to US taxpayers.
B) a voluntary farm program within the 2014 Farm Bill where producers can borrow funds at low interest rates; the loans are secured by the value of harvested Title I commodities.
C) the one 2014 Farm Bill commodity program that is no longer subject to the ""Sodbuster"" Conservation Cross-Compliance provision.
D) a type of "insurance rider" to protect qualified producers from most of the specific risk exposure associated with paying an insurance deductible during an event (e.g., a crop yield disaster) requiring an insurance payout.
E) a traditional counter-cyclical program where farmers receive government pay-outs when market prices fall below legislated reference prices.