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Agriculture Adjustment Act of 1933
This Act was presented by President Roosevelt on MAy 12th in 1933. Provided Supply control of crops such as rice, tobacco, corn, peanuts, wheat, and milk. They gave money to farmers in exchange for taking a portion of their land out of farming. There were not many farmers that argued with this Act, because most of them could not afford to turn down any type of money at the time. -
Agriculture Adjustment Act of 1933
1937, the Supreme court ruled it was unconstitutional, but it was redone and set back in place. Certain people said that the AAA and similar laws helped restore confidence in farm areas. Farmers were put on local committees and spoke freely of their opinions. Government checks started. -
Food Security Act of 1985
A portion of the act was made to discourage the conversion of wetlands into non-wetland ares, which was referred to as the Swampbuster. The act also refused Federal Farm program benefits to people who converted wetlands. -
Food Security Act of 1985
Referred to as the 1985 U.S. Farm Bill, This was a farm bill that did many different things such as, it allowed lower primary agricultural product prices and income supports. It also established a dairy herd buyout program. This 1985 farm bill made changes in a variety of other USDA programs. Multiple enduring conservation programs were developed. These programs included the swampbuster, sodbuster, and the Conservation Reserve Program. -
Federal Agriculture Industrial and Reform Act of 1996
The amount of available money was specified by contract payments under flexible production contracts for each fiscal year from 1996-2002. Farmers who participated were allowed to plant 100% of their total acreage that was under contract. There were only limitations on fruits and vegetables. -
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996
The FAIR act of 1996 assisted in decreasing milk price by directly purchasing from the government. It also simplified direct payment programs that were for crops. This deleted the connection between farm prices and income support payments. Flexible contract payments for 7 year production were authorized. -
Agriculture Act of 2014
This act expanded programs for many different areas of agriculture such as organic farmers, bio energy, rural development, and beginning farmers and ranchers. -
Agriculture Act of 2014
Also referred to as the 2014 U.S. Farm bill. This was formerly the "Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013". This act will stay in place until 2018. Commodity programs experienced a big effect from this act. Certain modifications of the provisions of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program were also made in this act. New crop insurance options were added.
