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Agricultural Adjustment Act
Also known as the AAA, controlled the supply of seven "basic crops" – corn, wheat, cotton, rice, peanuts, tobacco and milk – by offering payments to farmers in return for taking some of their land out of farming, not planting a crop. Created as a part of Roosevelt's New Deal. -
Amendment to the Bill
Congress created a more permanent farm bill (the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938) with a built-in requirement to update it every five years. -
Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990
A five year farm bill signed into law by President George H. W. Bush on November 28th, 1990. -
Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
Included approximately $100 billion in annual spending for Department of Agriculture programs, around 80 percent of which was allocated for food stamps and other nutritional programs. Originally vetoed by President Bush, but overridden by Congress and put into place. -
Agricultural Act of 2014
An act of Congress that authorizes nutrition and agriculture programs in the United States for the years of 2014-2018.The bill authorizes $956 billion in spending over the next ten years. This bill is considered two years late since farm bills are traditionally passed every five years. Also, the previous bill expired in 2012.
