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The First Farm Bill
The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) was signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933. This was the first time congress was taking responsibility for balancing supply and demand so farmers could see a profit. -
The Ever-Normal Granary
The Ever-Normal Granary was introduced. The is a practice where you storage your grain when you have a surplus, put it in there and when there is low availability you pull it out and sell it. this created stability for both farmers and consumers -
Big Farm Bill Change
The 1973 Farm bill shifted away from supply management. Now farmers were pushed to produce as much as possible because it would be sold in the US or overseas. Food Stamps were added to this bill. With the overproduction food stamps allowed another place for farmers to sell the excess an still make some profit. -
Farm Everywhere
The Soil Conservation Program helped drain wetlands to farm everywhere possible. Small farms started to decline and large farms got bigger, more efficient & industrial -
Swampbusters
This bill discouraged turning wetlands into non-wetland. These provisions, "swampbusters", denied Federal farm programs benefits to farms who converted wetlands after 1985. -
Conservation Reserve Program
Conservation Reserve Program was introduced to help amend the environmental damages sustained from the "get big" movement in the 1970's. This program offered payments if you complied with the conservation requirements. -
Crop Commodity Programs
The Direct Payments, Countercyclical Payments, and the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program were repealed. Two new programs were created, Price Loss Coverage (PLC) and Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC). Produced can choose to enroll in one of the two programs. -
Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program
Funds for training, education, outreach, and technical assistance to beginning farmers and ranchers became available. Many other funding options became available for beginning farms and ranchers including assisted loans for down payment on realty.
