price support
noun
: artificial maintenance of prices (as of a raw material) at some predetermined level usually through government action
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Should industrial demand keep advancing—particularly for renewable energy technologies like photovoltaic cells that utilize significant amounts of silver per unit—price support could persist, enhancing both revenues and margins for producers.
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
At the end of World War II, the U.S. government recognized that farmers could not just rely on domestic agricultural subsidies, including production limits, price supports and crop insurance, for prosperity.
—Peter Simons, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2026
All through September and October, the price continued to bounce off the 200-day moving average while confirming price support at the early September low.
—David Keller, CNBC, 13 Nov. 2025
Over the past three decades, Illinois has received $35 billion in farm support — more than any state but Texas and Iowa — mostly through insurance subsidies and price supports for growing corn and soybeans.
—Molly Parker, ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
At the end of World War II, the U.S. government recognized that farmers could not just rely on domestic agricultural subsidies, including production limits, price supports and crop insurance, for prosperity.
—Peter Simons, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2026
All through September and October, the price continued to bounce off the 200-day moving average while confirming price support at the early September low.
—David Keller, CNBC, 13 Nov. 2025
Over the past three decades, Illinois has received $35 billion in farm support — more than any state but Texas and Iowa — mostly through insurance subsidies and price supports for growing corn and soybeans.
—Molly Parker, ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Price support.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/price%20support. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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