Farm Bill Timeline

  • Agriculture Adjustment Act

    Agriculture Adjustment Act
    The Agriculture Adjustment Act was a United States federal law of the new deal era designed to boost agriculture prices by reducing surpluses. The government bought livestock for slaughter and paid farmers subsidies not to plant on part of their land.
  • Period: to

    Farm Bill Timeline

  • Agricultural Adjustment Act

    Agricultural Adjustment Act
    This bill was signed into law by President Franklin Roosevelt on May 12,1933
  • Food and Agriculture Act 1977

    Food and Agriculture Act 1977
    It increased price and income supports and established a farmer-owned reserve for grain.
  • Food and Agricultural Act 1977

    Food and Agricultural Act 1977
    An act to provide price and income protection for farmers and assure consumers of an abundance of food and fiber and a reasonable price.
  • Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018

    Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
    The 2018 farm bill legalized Hemp Production.
  • Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018

    Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
    The CBO projected the total cost of the 2018 Farm Act would be $428 billion over a 5 year period.