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Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002
This bill had a huge section focusing on conservation, touching on everything from administrative requirements to wetland programs and desert lakes, in addition to increasing farmland conservation requirements. -
Peanut farming upgrades
The 2002 farm bill altered peanut production programs to fit alongside other crop production programs, by replacing quotas with support systems. -
Food stamp revamp
The 2002 farm bill spent some time reauthorizing and evaluating food stamps. As well as doing some research into how people use them and redefining rules to manage who gets to use them. -
Food, Conservation, and Energy Act 2008
The 2008 farm bill was passed by US congress on 05/22/08. Containing titles such as the domestic pet turtle equality act and a pollinator protection act. -
Protection and funding for bees
The 2008 farm bill advocated specifically for pollinators with the pollinator protection act of 07, this act focused on addressing colony collapse disorder, and providing the funding to support honey bee farmers to ensure the success of one of the most important pollinators in the US from going extinct. -
Help for small businesses
The 2008 farm bill offered assistance to small business owners by increasing the amount offered from government loans and providing protection when businesses underwent disasters so that owners could regroup and continue conducting business without being ruined financially. -
Agriculture Act of 2014
The farm bill of 2014 was passed by congress and signed into law by president Obama. This farm bill had 12 sections or "Titles" all creating or reauthorizing federal programs of varied interest all relating to agriculture. -
Save the Indians
This 2014 farm bill included a section to make Indian tribes and tribal organizations eligible for supplemental agricultural disaster assistance programs. One more stride in the effort for all men to be treated equal. -
Leaps and bounds for dairy producers
The 2014 farm bill showed major improvements for dairy production. The bill contains many benefits from covering farmers when they must remove milk due to contaminates, to dairy product protection program which requires the government to purchase dairy products and donate them to food banks when market prices fall, to protect the producer. -
Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
The Agriculture Improvement Act (farm bill) of 2018, contained 12 titles to be addressed. -
Hemp protection for farmers
The farm bill of 2018 legalized industrial hemp production, as well as making hemp eligible for crop insurance programs. -
More funding for farm loans
The 2018 bill included alterations to the existing loan programs for farmers, including an altered experience requirement, and an increase in loan limits.
