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Farm Bill Timeline

  • Agriculture Adjustment Act (AAA)

    Agriculture Adjustment Act (AAA)
    In the 1932 presidential election, former president Franklin D Roosevelt, believed he could so something to help farmers who were struggling through the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. Soon, with his successful campaign, his plan was formally introduced as the New Deal.
  • AAA

    AAA
    A concept of parity, or beings equal regarding status or pay, became popular in the farm community. This act, created by Roosevelt, would restore parity prices, like wheat, corn, cotton, milk, and hogs (Basic commodities) To do this, they raised a tax on processors. For example: A cotton gin is going to be taxed higher now so the cotton farmer can profit.
  • Food, conservation, and energy act of 2008

    Food, conservation, and energy act of 2008
    Providing base acreages flexibilities with limitations of trees, perennials, fruit, and select beans, Set adjustments to world wide prices and storage with many commodities based on gross income of the farmers. it also helped preserve natural habitats.
  • Food, conservation, and energy Act of 2008

    Food, conservation, and energy Act of 2008
    Signed by former president Bush, this act helped adjust base acres of covered commodities, allowing land owners to reduce farm base acreages at any time. It also covered commodities payments as the products as the products of payment rates, acres, and yields.
  • Agriculture Act of 2014

    Agriculture Act of 2014
    Introduced in 2013 and later signed by former president Obama, this act enables reforms and contributions to Agriculture and other acts in the department of agriculture through 2018.
  • Agriculture act of 2014

    Agriculture act of 2014
    This bill also enables aids in a program to help those families in need of support, through a program called SNAP. This limits how much money a family are entitled to on food for a month or year, based on certain information provided by the family. Yet, with cuts up to $90 a month for at least 850,000 homes, it gives a increase of $200,000 in food banks for fundraisings.