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First Farm Bill Created
The first Farm Bill was created in 1933 and was called the Agriculture Adjustment Act. This allowed farmers to be payed for not growing food on a percentage of land set aside by the Secretary of Agriculture. This act also let the government buy excess grain so they would have it incase of bad weather or shortages. -
The Farm Bill of 1933 is found unconstitutional
In 1937 the AAA of 1933 is found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. After being found unconstitutional the act was rewritten and made into law shortly after. -
Agriculture Adjustment Act of 1938
This replaced and improved the AAA of 1932. This revision also make it required to update it every five years.This was the first act to make price support mandatory for corn, cotton, and wheat to help maintain a sufficient supply in low production periods. This also established permissive supports for butter, dates, figs, hops, turpentine, rosin, pecans, prunes, raisins, barley, rye, grain sorghum, wool, winter cover-crop seeds, mohair, peanuts, and tobacco for the 1938-40 period. -
Food and Agriculture Act of 1965
This act was the first multiyear farm legislation it provided for four year commodity programs for wheat, feed grains, and upland cotton. -
Agriculture and Food Act of 1981
This act signed by Ronald Regan was legislation was the 4-year omnibus farm bill that continued and modified commodity programs through 1985. The act set specific target prices for 4 years, eliminated rice allotments and marketing quotas, lowered dairy supports, and made other changes affecting a wide range of USDA activities. -
Title X Horticulture
This bill supports specialty crops and organic farming operations with provisions that provide trade promotion and risk management assistance. This bill is similar to the Title I bill for the traditional staple crops. This bill increased funding for pest and disease management and disaster prevention were specifically increased in the 2014 farm bill. -
Title XI
This bill is strictly devoted with crop insurance. Some major changes with this new bill created Stacked Income Protection Plan (STAX) has been created for producers of upland cotton. The STAX payouts for cotton happen when there are revenue loss on the county level. This bill also created Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO) which covers the losses created by a producer's policy deductible. These payouts are triggered by county level revenue loss or by an individuals loss.
