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Agriculture Adjustment Act of 1933
part of president Roosevelt's new deal, designed to boost agriculture prices by reducing surplus. The government would buy livestock for slaughter, also they would provide a form of financial support called subsidies to farmers and the farmers wouldn't plant part of their land. -
Food and Agriculture act of 1965
first multiyear legislation. This act was put in place to maintain farm income, stabilize prices, reduce surplus, lower government cost and promote foreign trade. -
Food and security act of 1985
a five year bill allowing lower commodity price and income supports and establishing a dairy heard buyout program. This caused changes in many other USDA programs. Several other programs were created like the Conservation Reserve Program -
Agriculture act of 2014
The 2014 Farm Act makes changes in these programs, adds new crop insurance options, changes some provisions of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and expands programs for specialty crops, organic farmers, bio energy, rural development, and beginning farmers and ranchers.
