### Question
What does net gains mean?


### Answer
**Net gains** has the following meaning in *7 U.S.C. § 1445*:

> the amount by which total proceeds obtained from the sale by an association of a crop of a kind of tobacco pledged to the Corporation for price support loan exceeds the principal amount of the price support loan made by the Corporation to the association on such crop, plus interest and charges

#### Citation:
  - *7 U.S.C. § 1445*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 34-SUGAR PRODUCTION AND CONTROL > SUBCHAPTER II-BASIC AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES**

