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- Signed in by Abraham Lincoln, addressing it as "The People's Department"
- As of this year only 2% of all Americans live on farms compared to half of the population when this Department was founded.
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As a result of the Homestead Act in 1862, many farmers went west to start farms and raise cattle. Over the period of time land would become dry as a result of a drought in 1930, and strong winds would blow sand at high speeds across 19 states. This snow covering like sand would prevent anyone who had farms there from making any money selling crops Video on the Dust Bowl
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- A federal Law that was passed as a part of Franklin Delano Rossevelt's New Deal Plan. For a short period, farmers were asked to destroy thier crops to remove crop surppluses that affected working class farmers
- The long run affect was to create marketing boards that would regulate prices of food produced
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A sentiment would be made in 1936, feeling that federal control over farms was unconstitutional, and that control should belong to the states. In 1938, changes would be made that added crop insurance provisions along with the continued support of agricultural support programs -
Also known as the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, this bill would be one of the most important in the country's history. This includes initiatives for energy efficiency in rural areas with the development of electrical power generators, along with the the push for renewable resources. Loans would be made to commercial and residential consumers. -
The Livestock Idemity Program is a disater relief program that provides coverage for eleigible producers who suffered grazing losses that would exceed normal mortaility rates. Grazing losses can come in many forms from droughts to fires on the pasture land. Farmers recieve payments of 75% in return along with protective vegetative cover that is planted. -
- With the enrollment period ending as of this January, this bill offers protection for dairy producers when the margin of selected feeds and all-milk falls belows a certain threshold. This usually depends on the farmer, and they have the option to select coverage ranging from $4.00 to $9.50 per hundred pounds (cwt) in .50 cent increments
- If the farmer is able to apply to coverage, they will recieve a 25% discount on DMC premium advantages