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Agriculture Adjustment Act
This was an important part of the New Deal program that was designed to restore prosperity to the agriculture field during the Great Depression. It aimed to do that by decreasing farm production, reducing export surpluses, and raising prices. This act created the Agriculture Adjustment Administration under Henry Wallace, the Secretary of Agriculture. The goal of the administration was to restore the prices paid to farmers to a level equal in purchasing power to that of 1909. -
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996
The 1996 Farm Bill removed the link between income support payments and farm prices. The law simplified direct payment programs for crops and eliminated milk price supports through direct government purchases. It also stated the total amount of money to be made available through contract payments under production flexibility contracts for each fiscal year from 1996 through 2002. -
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002
The 2002 Farm Bill addressed a great variety of issues related to ecology, agriculture, trade, energy, and nutrition. It also updated the farm payment program, introduced
counter-cyclical farm income support, increases conservation land retirement programs and prioritized on-farm environmental practices. -
Agriculture Act of 2014
This act made major changes in commodity programs, added new crop insurance options, modified provisions of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and expanded programs for specialty crops, organic farmers, bioenergy, rural development, and beginning farmers and ranchers. It provided support for U.S. agricultural export
programs and international food assistance programs.
