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President Roosevelt introducing the AAA
The AAA was introduced and congress declared it was the "policy of congress" to balance supply and demand for farm commodities, so that prices would support a decent purchasing power for farmers, this was known as "parity". -
Control of 7 basic crops
the AAA controlled the supply of 7 "basic crops", corn, wheat, cotton, rice, peanuts, tobacco, and milk. They offered payments to farmers in return for taking some of their land out of farming, not planting a crop. -
Farm Bill unconstitutional
In 1937 the Supreme Court ruled that the AAA was unconstitutional, but it was rewritten and then passed back into law. -
Title VIII - Rice
If the national average allotment for rice in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969 is less than the national average allotment for rice for 1965, the Secretary shall formulate and carry out an acreage diversion program for rice for such year designed to support the gross income of rice producers at a level not lower for that of 1965 minus any reduction in production costs resulting from the reduced rice acreage. -
Title IV - Cotton
For the 1966 crop the national export market acreage reserve shall be 250,000 acres. For each subsequent crop-
if the carryover at the end of the marketing year for the proceeding crop is estimated to be less than the carryover at the beginning of such marketing year by (at least)
1,000,000 bales, the national export market acreage reserve shall be 250,000 acres. 750,000 bales to 187,500 acres. 500,000 bales to 125,000 acres. 250,000 bales to 62,500 acres. less than 250,000 bales to no acres. -
1985 Swampbuster provisions
This act contains provisions designed to discourage the conversion of wetlands into non wetland areas. These were called the swampbuster provisions.
(Food Security Act of 1985 Title VII, subtitle C)
These provisions denied Federal farm program benefits to producers who converted wetlands after December 23, 1985. Furthermore, the Act created a system for inadvertent violations allowing farmers to regain lost Federal benefits if they restore converted wetlands. -
Special Assistant for Agriculture Trade and Food Aid
The president shall appoint a Special Assistant to the President for agriculture trade and food assistance, no later than May 1 1986. the special assistant shall serve in the executive office with the president, assist and advise the president on food programs in the US and foreign countries, receive suggestions and complaints on US food aid and respond in a timely manner, make recommendations on increasing use of agriculture commodities, advise on agriculture trade, and more. -
Cooperator Market Development Program
Sec. 1126.
(a)It is the Sense of Congress that the cooperator market development program of Foreign Agricultural Service should be continued to help develop new markets and expand and maintain existing markets for U.S. Agricultural commodities, using nonprofit ag trade organizations to the maximum extent practicable. (b)the cooperator market development shall be exempt from the requirements of Circular A 110 issued by the office of management and budget. -
Diary and Livestock 2014
The Dairy Product Price Support Program (DPPSP) and Dairy Export Incentive Program (DEIP) are repealed. The Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Program is extended retroactively to October 1, 2013, and remains in place until the MPP is operational, but no later than September 1, 2014. -
Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program
Title VII: Funds training, education, outreach, and technical assistance to beginning farmers and ranchers, with priority given to partnerships and collaborations led by or including non-governmental and community-based organizations. Total mandatory funding is continued for the program and increases from $75 million to $100 million (cumulative) for 2014-2018. -
Rural Energy Savings Program
Program is created to help families and small businesses in rural areas achieve cost-effective energy efficiency. Funding is authorized at $75 million per fiscal year.
