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Farm Bill of 1933
First Farm Bill was created after two major catastrophes that happened in the United States. The first catastrophe was the Great Depression. The second catastrophe was the Dust Bowl which wiped out the Midwest. This bill was used to boost farmers income and give them aid. Each farmer could receive a loan to cover their crops, but their crops were used as collateral. -
Agricultural Adjustment Act
The AAA was created in part of the New Deal program to restore agricultural prosperity. This act was created in 1933, during its existence it did accomplish what it wanted to do. Today, it is considered one of the most successful programs out of the New Deal. -
Conservation Reserve Program 1985
Administered by Farm Service Agency. In exchange for a yearly rental payment, farmers enroll in a program and agree to remove environmentally sensitive from our land that will improve environmental health and quality. -
Farm Bill-1985 Food and Security Act
The Conservation Reserve Program was developed in part of the 1985 Farm Bill to minimize the amount of land used in crop production in hopes to reduce erosion and improve water quality. The bill allowed for 45 million acres of land to be ceased from production that was considered "highly erosive". However there were limitations that no more than 25% of land in any county could enter the program. -
Agriculture Act of 2014
This bill also known as the 2014 U.S. Farm Bill was introduced in January 29,2014 and signed into law by President Obama on February 7, 2014. This program funded farms through 2018 and will cost about 489 billion over five years. The three major groups are the commodity, crop insurance, SNAP (food stamps) and will depend on what happens with the general economy. -
Agricultural Act of 2014
2014 Farm Act made major changes in commodity programs, adds new crop insurance options, streamlines conservation programs, modifies some of provisions of SNAP. 80% of this farm bill goes to supporting nutrition programs, 8% will fund crop insurance programs, 6% will fund conservation programs, 5% will fund commodity programs, and the remaining 1% will fund other areas.
